Variation of grassland biomass and its relationships with environmental factors in Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-538

  Zheng, Xiao Xuan ^a,c   Zhao, Jia Ming ^b   Zhang, Yu Gang ^b   Wu, Ya Qiong ^a,c   Jin, Tian Tian ^a,c   Liu, Guo Hua ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Hulunbeier Institute of Envirenmental Science   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Environmental factor; Variation pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASSLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

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

EID: 39449096318     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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