Floristic composition, grazing effects and above-ground plant biomass in the Hulunbeier grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Ecology and Field Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-307

  Kiyokazu, Kawada ^a,b   Kurosu, Mayu ^b   Cheng, Yunxiang ^b,f   Tsendeekhuu, Tsagaanbandi ^c   Wuyunna, ^d   Nakamura, Toru ^b   Hayashi, Ichiroku ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Tottori University ^*  (Japan)

^f TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floristic composition; Grassland; Inner Mongolia; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; STIPA GRANDIS; STIPA KRYLOVII;

EID: 67651177475     PISSN: 1975020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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