The spatial pattern of grassland aboveground biomass on Xizang Plateau and its climatic controls

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-40

  Jiang, Yanbin ^a   Tao, Jian ^a   Huang, Yongqi ^a,b   Zhu, Juntao ^a   Tian, Li ^a   Zhang, Yangjian ^a  

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

^b HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aboveground biomass; grain size; grassland vegetation index; precipitation; Xizang Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922433647     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtu002     Document Type: Article

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