Vegetation traits and soil properties in response to utilization patterns of grassland in Hulun Buir City, Inner Mongolia, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 471-478

  Liu, Miao ^a,b   Liu, Guohua ^a   Wu, Xing ^a   Wang, Hao ^a,b   Chen, Li ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Monitoring Station for Eco environment of Hulunbeir   (China)

Author keywords

biomass allocation; grassland utilization patterns; Hulun Buir City; soil properties; species diversity; temperate grassland

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GRASSLAND; PARTITIONING; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; HULUN BUIR DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84904902042     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0706-1     Document Type: Article

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