Effects of biodiversity and plant community composition on productivity in semiarid grasslands of Hulunbeir, Inner Mongolia, China

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1195, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Zheng, Xiao Xuan ^a,b   Liu, Guo Hua ^a   Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Jin, Tian Tian ^a,b   Liu, Zhan Feng ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

biodiversity; plant community composition; productivity; semiarid grasslands

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 77955059799     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05405.x     Document Type: Article

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