Shrub encroachment with increasing anthropogenic disturbance in the semiarid Inner Mongolian grasslands of China

Catena

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-48

  Peng, Hai Ying ^a,b   Li, Xiao Yan ^a   Li, Guang Yong ^a   Zhang, Zhi Hua ^a   Zhang, Si Yi ^a   Li, Liu ^a   Zhao, Guo Qin ^a   Jiang, Zhi Yun ^a   Ma, Yu Jun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Caragana microphylla Lam; China; Shrub patch; Soil moisture; Transition states

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; DYE; GRASSLAND; PATCH USE; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; THRESHOLD;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; POACEAE;

EID: 84878781246     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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