Ecosystem stability and compensatory effects in the Inner Mongolia grassland

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7005, 2004, Pages 181-184

  Bai, Yongfei ^a   Han, Xingguo ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^a,b   Chen, Zuozhong ^a   Li, Linghao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CLIMATIC FACTORS; GRASSLANDS; MONGOLIA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GRASSLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; MONGOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; SYNECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MONGOLIA; POACEAE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 4544222193     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02850     Document Type: Article

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