The effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the spatial heterogeneity of alpine grassland vegetation at a small scale on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8051-8064

  Wen, Lu ^a   Dong, Shi Kui ^a   Li, Yuan Yuan ^a   Sherman, Ruth ^b   Shi, Jian Jun ^c   Liu, De Mei ^d   Wang, Yan Long ^c   Ma, Yu Shou ^c   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biotic factors; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Grassland degradation; Qinghai Tibet Plateau (QTP); Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; BIOTIC FACTORS; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

RATS; RESTORATION;

VEGETATION;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; HEADWATER; HETEROGENEITY; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTIC STRESS; CHINA; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUPHORBIA; FORAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; RANUNCULACEAE; REVEGETATION; RIVER; SHADE; SUNLIGHT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION; WEED;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; RATS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CAREX; EUPHORBIA FISCHERIANA; LIGULARIA VIRGAUREA; POACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84884354109     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3154-y     Document Type: Article

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