Linking thaw depth with soil moisture and plant community composition: Effects of permafrost degradation on alpine ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Plant and Soil

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 687-700

  Yang, Zhao ping ^a,b   Gao, Ji xi ^a   Zhao, Lin ^c   Xu, Xing liang ^b   Ouyang, Hua ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Permafrost; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Soil moisture; Species composition; Thaw depth; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEADOW; PERMAFROST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 84878525802     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1511-1     Document Type: Article

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