Differential water uptake among plant species in humid alpine meadows

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-147

  Leng, Xin ^a   Cui, Jun ^b   Zhang, Shiting ^c   Zhang, Wenguang ^a   Liu, Yuhong ^a   Liu, Shirong ^d   An, Shuqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANCHENG TEACHERS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadows; Caltha palustris; Niche differentiation; Plant co existence; Stable isotopes; Stellera chamaejasme; Veratrum nigrum

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; MEADOW; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BALANG MOUNTAIN; CHINA; SICHUAN;

CALTHA PALUSTRIS; STELLERA CHAMAEJASME; VERATRUM; VERATRUM NIGRUM;

EID: 84872375441     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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