Belowground Bud Bank Distribution and Aboveground Community Characteristics along Different Moisture Gradients of Alpine Meadow in the Zoige Plateau, China

The belowground bud bank plays an important role in plant communities succession and maintenance. In order to understand the response of the bud bank to the sod layer moisture, we investigated the bud bank distribution, size, and composition of six different water gradient alpine meadows through exc...

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Main Authors: Xinjing Ding, Peixi Su, Zijuan Zhou, Rui Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/9/2602