Responses of alpine grassland to climate warming and permafrost thawing in two basins with different precipitation regimes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-131

  Zhou, Zhaoye ^a,b   Yi, Shuhua ^b   Chen, Jianjun ^b   Ye, Baisheng ^b   Sheng, Yu ^b   Wang, Genxu ^c   Ding, Yongjian ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; PERMAFROST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL WATER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THAWING; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84923646757     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0013-098     Document Type: Article

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