Plant coverage is more important than species richness in enhancing aboveground biomass in a premature grassland, northern China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-496

  Ji, Shengjun ^a,b   Geng, Yan ^a,b   Li, Defeng ^a   Wang, Guohong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Community; Plant functional group; Rainfall treatment; Species richness; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 57849125852     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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