Reprint
Ecophysiology and Ecology of Grassland
Edited by
June 2023
212 pages
- ISBN978-3-0365-7985-6 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-0365-7984-9 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Ecophysiology and Ecology of Grassland that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
This Special Issue, “Ecophysiology and Ecology of Grassland”, contains 11 research articles and 1 review that focus on recent advancements in integrated research on natural grasslands and artificial grasslands in response to human disturbances, abiotic stresses and climate change from a species to ecosystem level.
Format
- Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contents; N:P ratio; biomass; herb community; driving factor; Loess Plateau; precipitation changes; increased temperatures; desert grassland; plant diversity; plant biomass; soil bacteria diversity; soil fungi diversity; the Mongolia Plateau; grassland degradation; vegetation coverage; surface bareness degree; self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI); water stress; Glycyrrhiza uralensis; biomass allocation; water use efficiency; drought resistance; biogeographic patterns; leaf stoichiometry; climatic variables; soil physicochemical properties; Stellera chamaejasme L.; functional traits; productivity; grassland; fertilization; Loess Plateau; soil water regime; stress tolerance indices; forage yield; Panicum maximum; Urochloa sp.; plant functional traits; plants diversity; soil properties; random forest algorithm; PLS-SEM; semiarid grassland; fertilization; leaf functional trait; leaf photosynthesis; atmospheric nitrogen deposition; grassland ecosystem; structure; stability; ecosystem services; karst desertification control; biomass production; chemical composition; ecological management; ecosystem diversity; grazing; functional traits; abiotic factors; flowering phenology; nitrogen addition; plant diversity; common garden; n/a