Articles | Volume 7, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-1117-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-1117-2010
26 Mar 2010
 | 26 Mar 2010

Effects of grazing on leaf traits and ecosystem functioning in Inner Mongolia grasslands: scaling from species to community

S. X. Zheng, H. Y. Ren, Z. C. Lan, W. H. Li, K. B. Wang, and Y. F. Bai

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