Plant functional diversity and species diversity in the Mongolian steppe.

The Mongolian steppe is one of the most important grasslands in the world but suffers from aridization and damage from anthropogenic activities. Understanding structure and function of this community is important for the ecological conservation, but has seldom been investigated.In this study, a tota...

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Main Authors: Guofang Liu, Xiufang Xie, Duo Ye, Xuehua Ye, Indree Tuvshintogtokh, Bayart Mandakh, Zhenying Huang, Ming Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792920?pdf=render