Leaf δ13C reflects ecosystem patterns and responses of alpine plants to the environments on the Tibetan Plateau

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-508

  Song, Minghua ^a   Duan, Deyu ^a   Chen, Hui ^c   Hu, Qiwu ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Xu, Xingliang ^a   Tian, Yuqiang ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GONGGA MOUNTAIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

ABIES; ABIES FABRI; CAREX; CONIFERALES; KOBRESIA PYGMAEA; PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 49749106590     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05331.x     Document Type: Article

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