Growth Parameters of Characteristic Species of Stipa steppes in Northern China as Indicators of the Grazing Intensity

Journal of Applied Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 68-74

  Xie, Yingzhong ^a   Wittig, Rüdiger ^b  

^a NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; GRAZING; GROWTH; OVERGRAZING; STEPPE;

CHINA;

ACAULIS; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; ARTEMISIA GMELINII; CAREX; CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; CONVOLVULUS; KOELERIA MACRANTHA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ACAULIS; SQUARROSA; STELLERA CHAMAEJASME; STIPA; STIPA BUNGEANA; STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 0242276216     PISSN: 09495460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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