Large-scale pattern of biomass partitioning across China's grasslands

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-277

  Yang, Yuanhe ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Ma, Wenhong ^a   Guo, Dali ^a   Mohammat, Anwar ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Alpine grasslands; Below ground biomass; China; Isometric theory; Root: shoot ratio; Temperate grasslands

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 76249092775     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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