Effects of soil resources on species composition, plant diversity, and plant biomass in an alpine meadow, qinghai-tibetan plateau

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-222

  Wang, Changting ^a   Long, Ruijun ^b   Wang, Qilan ^a   Jing, Zengchun ^a   Du, Yangong ^a   Cao, Guangmin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Ecosystem functioning; Plant biomass; Plant species diversity; Qinghai Tibetan plateau; Soil resources; Species composition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILITY; GROWTH FORM; MEADOW; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOMASS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEDGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWAMP;

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

CAREX; KOBRESIA; KOBRESIA HUMILIS; KOBRESIA PYGMAEA; POACEAE; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 67650077128     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15659801.2008.10639613     Document Type: Article

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