Effect of climate on the growth of annual rings in the main roots of perennial forbs in an Inner Mongolian semi-arid grassland, China

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 899-907

  Liu, Yong Bo ^a,b   Zhang, Qi Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Annual growth rings; Belowground ecological process; Climate extremes; Inner Mongolian grassland; Perennial forbs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; XYLEM;

CHINA; DUOLUN; NEI MONGGOL;

CYMBARIA; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA DAURICA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ANSERINA;

EID: 77956306892     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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