Spatial and temporal variations in C3 and C4 plant abundance over the Chinese Loess Plateau since the last glacial maximum

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 881-889

  Yao, Z ^a,b   Wu, H ^c   Liang, M ^d   Shi, X ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Monsoon; Semiarid region; Stable carbon isotope; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GRASS; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

POACEAE;

EID: 79959792386     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.04.025     Document Type: Review

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