Plant functional types and climate along a precipitation gradient in temperate grasslands, north-east China and south-east Mongolia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-516

  Ni, Jian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aridity; Climate change; Land use; Life form (grass, forb and shrub); Photosynthetic pathway (C3 and C4); Plant functional types; Precipitation gradient; Steppe

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(NORTHEAST); (SOUTHEAST); CHINA; MONGOLIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0037400073     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1063     Document Type: Article

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