Occurrence and altitudinal pattern of C4 plants on Qinghai Plateau, Qinghai province, China

Photosynthetica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-303

  Li, M C ^a,b,c   Zhu, J J ^a   Li, L X ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Tianjin Climate Center   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

13C; Altitude distribution; C4 species; Qinghai Plateau

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 70349622465     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-009-0046-z     Document Type: Article

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