Resource manipulation effects on net primary production, biomass allocation and rain-use efficiency of two semiarid grassland sites in Inner Mongolia, China

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 855-864

  Gao, Ying Zhi ^a,b,c   Chen, Qing ^a   Lin, Shan ^a   Giese, Marcus ^b,d   Brueck, Holger ^b,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above (ANPP) and belowground net primary production (BNPP); Irrigation; Land use history; N fertilizer; Restoration

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; RAIN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLISM; POACEAE;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; BIOMASS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; RAIN;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 79952699797     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1890-z     Document Type: Article

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