Issues and prospects of belowground ecology with special reference to global climate change

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1891-1899

  He, Jinsheng ^a   Wang, Zhengquan ^b   Fang, Jingyun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Belowground biodiversity; Belowground ecology; Ecosystem processes; Global change; Root biogeography; Root ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644948490     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0558     Document Type: Review

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