Complementarity in water sources among dominant species in typical steppe ecosystems of Inner Mongolia, China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Yang, Hao ^a,b   Auerswald, Karl ^b   Bai, Yongfei ^a   Han, Xingguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Hydrogen stable isotope; Plant water potential; Soil moisture; Water source; Winter half year precipitation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; FIELDWORK; GRASS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEPPE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 79951813423     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0307-4     Document Type: Article

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