The aridity index governs the variation of vegetation characteristics in alpine grassland, Northern Tibet Plateau

The vegetation dynamic (e.g., community productivity) is an important index used to evaluate the ecosystem function of grassland ecosystem. However, the critical factors that affect vegetation biomass are disputed continuously, and most of the debates focus on mean annual precipitation (MAP) or temp...

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Main Authors: Biying Liu, Jian Sun, Miao Liu, Tao Zeng, Juntao Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7272.pdf