Plant functional group removal alters root biomass and nutrient cycling in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-144

  Kong, Deliang ^a   Wu, Huifang ^b   Zeng, Hui ^a   Lü, Xiaotao ^c,d   Simmons, Matthew ^c   Wang, Meng ^c   Sun, Xiaofang ^c   Han, Xingguo ^c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Horticulture   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Belowground processes; Plant composition; Plant richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LINEARITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOMASS; ROOT; SEEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 80051666343     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0803-1     Document Type: Article

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