Soil saline-alkali heterogeneity is an important factor driving the spatial expansion of clonal plant in grassland

Soil salinity is well known heterogeneous and various within natural soil environment. In Songnen grassland of Northeast China, grazing aggravates the saline-alkali heterogeneity in soil habitat, which led to dominant clonal plant species forming a variety of adaptive strategies. However, based on t...

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Main Authors: Luhao Qu, Jun Liu, Jiyun Yang, Long Bai, Yue Huang, Nan Lu, Hongzhu Yu, Zhifeng Wang, Zhonghe Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1106825/full