Responses of typical grasslands in a semi-arid basin on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau to climate change and disturbances

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1421-1431

  Qin, Y ^a   Yi, S ^a   Ren, S ^a   Li, N ^a   Chen, J ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Carbon budgets; Climate change; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Typical alpine grassland

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ALPINE GRASSLANDS; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CARBON BUDGETS; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; VEGETATION HEIGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASIN; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; SEMIARID REGION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84892637324     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2547-0     Document Type: Article

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