The allometry of reproductive biomass in response to land use in Tibetan alpine grasslands

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-283

  Niu, Kechang ^a,c,d   Choler, Philippe ^b   Zhao, Binbin ^d   Du, Guozhen ^c,d  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Allometric strategy; Alpine grasslands; Biomass partitioning; Land use changes; Plant functional trait; Reproductive allocation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 62449157732     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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