Effects of Trampling on Morphological and Mechanical Traits of Dryland Shrub Species Do Not Depend on Water Availability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Liang ^a,b,e   Freitas, Sofia M A ^b   Yu, Fei Hai ^c   Dong, Ming ^a,e   Anten, Niels P R ^b,d   Werger, Marinus J A ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARAGANA; CARAGANA INTERMEDIA; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM KOMAROVI; HEDYSARUM LAEVE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SHRUB; SOIL WATER CONTENT; THICKNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

CARAGANA INTERMEDIA; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM KOMAROVII; HEDYSARUM LAEVE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES;

EID: 84872469942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053021     Document Type: Article

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