Mowing succession of species composition is determined by plant growth forms, not photosynthetic pathways in Leymus chinensis grassland of Inner Mongolia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1795-1803

  Baoyin, Taogetao ^a   Li, Frank Yonghong ^a   Minggagud, Hugjiltu ^a   Bao, Qinghai ^a   Zhong, Yankai ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grassland succession; Long term mowing; Photosynthetic pathways; Plant growth forms; Steppe

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOWING; PHENOLOGY; STEPPE; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

LEYMUS CHINENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84942506052     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0249-6     Document Type: Article

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