Relationships between C3 Plant Foliar Carbon Isotope Composition and Element Contents of Grassland Species at High Altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Yong Chun ^a   Fan, Jiang Wen ^a   Harris, Warwick ^c   Zhong, Hua Ping ^a   Zhang, Wen Yan ^a   Cheng, Xi Lei ^b  

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

^b Liaoning Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE INTERCELLULAR CONCENTRATION; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FORB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAMINOID; GRASSLAND; KOBRESIA; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SHRUB; STIPA; CHEMISTRY; CYPERACEAE;

KOBRESIA; STIPA;

ALTITUDE; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; CYPERACEAE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TIBET;

EID: 84875657612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060794     Document Type: Article

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