Responses of Artemisia frigida Willd. (Compositae) and Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel. (Poaceae) to sheep saliva

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Zhang, Z ^a,c,d   Wang, S P ^b   Jiang, G M ^a   Patton, B ^e   Nyren, P ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clipping; Inner Mongolia steppe; Net primary productivity; Relative growth rates

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIPPING; COMPENSATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SALIVA; SHEEP; SHRUB; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; ASTERACEAE; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 34047145335     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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