Summer rain pulse size and rainwater uptake by three dominant desert plants in a desertified grassland ecosystem in northwestern China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Cheng, Xiaoli ^a,b   An, Shuqing ^a   Li, Bo ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^c   Lin, Guanghui ^d,e   Liu, Yuhong ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^f   Liu, Shirong ^g  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Desert plant; Desertified grasslands; Hydrogen isotopic composition; Rain pulse size; Summer precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CEREAL; DEGRADATION; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSIA; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM KOMAROVII; CYNANCHUM KOMOROVII; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 33745056220     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9047-6     Document Type: Article

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