Effects of grazing exclusion on plant functional group diversity of alpine grasslands along a precipitation gradient on the Northern Tibetan Plateau

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 419-429

  Wu, Jianshuang ^a   Shen, Zhenxi ^a   Shi, Peili ^a   Zhou, Yuting ^a   Zhang, Xianzhou ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHANG TANG NATURE RESERVE; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84902180193     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.2.419     Document Type: Article

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