Effects of rainfall amount and frequency on vegetation growth in a Tibetan alpine meadow

Climatic Change

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-212

  Zhang, Baocheng ^a,b   Cao, Junji ^a   Bai, Yanfen ^c   Zhou, Xuhui ^b   Ning, Zhigang ^d   Yang, Songjie ^e   Hu, Lin ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shaanxi Changqing National Natural Reserve ^*  (China)

^d Shaanxi Changqing National Natural Reserve   (China)

^e ANKANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE GRASSLANDS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; EFFECTS OF RAINFALLS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; RAINFALL FREQUENCY; RAINFALL PATTERNS; VEGETATION GROWTH;

RAIN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEADOW; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SENESCENCE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84876665761     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0622-2     Document Type: Article

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