Biomass and its allocation in relation to temperature, precipitation, and soil nutrients in Inner Mongolia grasslands, China.

Understanding and predicting ecosystem functioning such as biomass accumulation requires an accurate assessment of large-scale patterns of biomass distribution and partitioning in relation to climatic and soil environments.We sampled above- and belowground biomass from 26 sites spanning 1500 km in I...

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Main Authors: Muyi Kang, Cheng Dai, Wenyao Ji, Yuan Jiang, Zhiyou Yuan, Han Y H Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3723834?pdf=render