Net primary productivity and spatial distribution of vegetation in an alpine wetland, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Limnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-170

  Hirota, Mitsuru ^a   Kawada, Kiyokazu ^b   Hu, Qiwu ^c   Kato, Tomomichi ^d   Tang, Yanhong ^e   Mo, Wenhong ^b   Cao, Guangmin ^c   Mariko, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine wetland; Net primary productivity; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Water depth; Zonal vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GPS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

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

CAREX; HIPPURIS VULGARIS; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; SCIRPUS;

EID: 34547935031     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-007-0205-5     Document Type: Article

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