Spatial relationships among species, above-ground biomass, N, and P in degraded grasslands in Ordos Plateau, northwestern China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 652-667

  Cheng, X ^a,b   An, S ^a   Chen, J ^b   Li, B ^c   Liu, Y ^a   Liu, S ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Desert vegetation; Disturbed prairie; Geostatistics; Plant nutrients; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GEOSTATISTICS; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PRAIRIE; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM KOMAROVII; CYNANCHUM KOMOROVII; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 33750972852     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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