Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-155

  Zheng, Shuxia ^a   Lan, Zhichun ^a   Li, Wenhuai ^a   Shao, Ruixin ^b   Shan, Yumei ^c   Wan, Hongwei ^d   Taube, Friedhelm ^d   Bai, Yongfei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleistogenes squarrosa; Grazing; Leaf morphological trait; Leaf physiological trait; Leymus chinensis; Stocking rate; Whole plant trait

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; STEPPE; TRADE-OFF;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 79951813999     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0369-3     Document Type: Article

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