Quantity Dynamics of Vegetation Characteristics

Abstract:

Characteristics of vegetation under meadow, typical steppe and desert steppe were comparatively studied, such as aboveground biomass, height, total carbon and total nitrogen. The results demonstrated that the aboveground biomass and height of vegetation under these three types of steppes were the lowest in the early growing season of May, and reached their highest in the peak season, usually in July or August. Variance analysis showed that the differences among these three steppes in aboveground biomass, height, total carbon and total nitrogen were highly significant. Therefore, the variances and irregularity in vegetation characteristics of these three steppes were affected by moisture and other ecological factors, of which moisture was the primary ecological factor.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 955-959)
• Pages: 810-813
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.955-959.810
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Chan Zhou, Jian Guo, Zhuo Zhang, Hong Lou
• Keywords: Grassland Ecosystem, Quantity Dynamics, Vegetation

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