Plant diversity variations in zokor-mound communities along a successional stage

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 814-818

  Jiang, Xiaolei ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maqu Animal Husbandry Bureau of Gansu Province   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Diversity; Functional group; Successional stage; Zoker mound

Indexed keywords

AJANIA TENUIFOLIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM GLAUCUM; CILIOPHORA; KOBRESIA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ANSERINA; SAUSSUREA; SAUSSUREA HIERACIOIDES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; RAT; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; RATS; TREES;

EID: 79960901670     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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