C4 abundance in an Inner Mongolia grassland system is driven by temperature-moisture interaction, not grazing pressure

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Auerswald, Karl ^a   Wittmer, Max H O M ^a   Bai, Yongfei ^b   Yang, Hao ^a,d   Taube, Friedhelm ^c   Susenbeth, Andreas ^c   Schnyder, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

13C; C3 grass; Cleistogenes squarrosa; Climate change; Grassland community; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856211978     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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