Adaptive characteristics of grassland community structure and leaf traits along an altitudinal gradient on a subtropical mountain in Chongqing, China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-101

  Song, Lu lu ^a   Fan, Jiang wen ^a   Harris, Warwick ^b   Wu, Shao hong ^a   Zhong, Hua ping ^a   Zhou, Yong chun ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Zhu, Xu dong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Biomass; Foliar 13C; LMA; N area; N mass; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEAF; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; CHONGQING; HONGCHIBA;

ASTER TATARICUS; ASTERACEAE; GERANIUM WILFORDII; LEONTOPODIUM; POACEAE; SPIRAEA; SPIRAEA PRUNIFOLIA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 83855162139     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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