Characteristics of artificial grassland plant communities with different establishment duration and their relationships with soil properties in the source region of Three Rivers in China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2426-2431

  Wang, Chang Ting ^a   Cao, Guang Min ^a   Wang, Qi Lan ^a   Shi, Jian Jun ^c   Du, Yan Gong ^a,d   Long, Rui Jun ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Science   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial grassland; Plant community succession; Soil properties; Source region of the Three Rivers

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DIVERSITY INDEX; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; SANJIANG PLAIN;

EID: 38949182296     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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