Effect of grazing intensity on clonal morphological plasticity and biomass allocation patterns of artemisia frigida and potentilla acaulis in the inner mongolia steppe

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-61

  Jinhua, Li ^a,b   Zhenqing, Li ^b   Jizhou, Ren ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c Gansu Grassland Ecological Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia frigida; Biomass allocation; Ecological adaptation; Grazing intensity; Plasticity; Potentilla acaulis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; OVERGRAZING; PLASTICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; WORLD;

ACAULIS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ACAULIS; STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 18744406352     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2005.9513631     Document Type: Article

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