The relationship between aboveground biomass and precipitation on Stipa grandis steppe in Inner Mongolia

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1657-1662

  Cai, Xue Cai ^a,b   Li, Zhen Qing ^a   Chen, Zuo Zhong ^a   Wang, Yi Feng ^a   Wang, Shi Ping ^a,c   Wang, Yan Fen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Inner Mongolia; Precipitation; Stipa grandis steppe

Indexed keywords

STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 23244466462     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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