Relationships between biodiversity and biomass under different regimes of grassland use in Hulunbeir, Inner Mongolia

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5392-5400

  Zheng, Xiao Xuan ^a,b   Wang, Rui Dong ^c   Jin, Tian Tian ^a,b   Mu, Li Fen ^a,b   Liu, Guo Hua ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Institude of Environmental Science of Inner Mongolia   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Grassland use; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HETEROGENEITY; MOWING; PERENNIAL PLANT; RHIZOME; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

EID: 57349119447     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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