Biomass allocation patterns of alpine grassland species and functional groups along a precipitation gradient on the Northern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1097-1108

  Wu, Jian shuang ^a   Shen, Zhen xi ^a   Zhang, Xian zhou ^a   Shi, Pei li ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomass fractions; Changtang Plateau; Complementary response; Functional components; Functional groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888231480     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2435-9     Document Type: Article

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