Root biomass along subtropical to alpine gradients: Global implication from Tibetan transect studies

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 349-363

  Luo, Tianxiang ^a   Brown, Sandra ^b   Pan, Yude ^c   Shi, Peili ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a   Yu, Zhenliang ^a   Zhu, Huazhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Model; Root biomass; Tibetan Plateau; Transect; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; LOGISTIC FUNCTIONS; ROOT BIOMASS DENSITY (RBD);

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SAMPLING; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 11844288399     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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