Spatial patterns of foliar stable carbon isotope compositions of C 3 plant species in the Loess Plateau of China

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-353

  Zheng, Shuxia ^a   Shangguan, Zhouping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C3 species; Life form; Loess Plateau; Mean annual rainfall; Stable carbon isotope composition

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATITUDE; RAINFALL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANSAI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUXIAN; LOESS PLATEAU; MIZHI; SHAANXI; SHENMU; TONGCHUAN; YANGLING; YONGSHOU;

EID: 33847407160     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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