Factors influencing altitudinal patterns of C 3 plant foliar carbon isotope composition of grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Alpine Botany

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-90

  Zhou, Yongchun ^a,b   Fan, Jiangwen ^a   Zhang, Wenyan ^a   Harris, Warwick ^c   Zhong, Huaping ^a   Hu, Zhongmin ^a   Song, Lulu ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Altitude; Atmospheric pressure; Foliar 13C; Functional groups; Grasslands; Precipitation; Qinghai Tibet Plateau, China; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; HERB; INDEX METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

KOBRESIA; STIPA;

EID: 84862979513     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-011-0093-5     Document Type: Article

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