Belowground net primary productivity and biomass allocation of a grassland in Inner Mongolia is affected by grazing intensity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Gao, Ying Zhi ^a,b,c   Giese, Marcus ^a,b   Lin, Shan ^b   Sattelmacher, Burkhard ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Brueck, Holger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

BNPP; Cumulative root length density; Grazing intensity; Ingrowth core method; Semi arid grassland

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION;

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

EID: 43349103199     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9579-3     Document Type: Article

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