δ13C variation of C3 and C4 plants across an Asian monsoon rainfall gradient in arid northwestern China

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1094-1100

  Liu, Weiguo ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^b   Ning, Youfeng ^a   Zhang, Qingle ^a   Cao, Yunning ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

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

BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM; HETEROPAPPUS; LESPEDEZA; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 27744436901     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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