Effects of altitude on plant-species diversity and productivity in an alpine meadow, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-117

  Wang, Chang Ting ^a,b   Long, Rui Jun ^a,c   Wang, Qi Ji ^a   Ding, Lu Ming ^a   Wang, Mei Ping ^d  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Gansu Agriculture University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALTITUDE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MAQIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33947304755     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04070     Document Type: Article

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