Effects of water and nitrogen addition on species turnover in temperate grasslands in northern China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Zhuwen ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^b   Ren, Haiyan ^a   Han, Xingguo ^a,c   Li, Mai He ^a,d   Cheng, Weixin ^a,e   Jiang, Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAND USE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TURNOVER; STEPPE; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84863107153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039762     Document Type: Article

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