Characteristics and controlling factors of alpine grassland vegetation patch patterns on the central Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Vegetation patch patterns, which are used as indicators of state, functionality, and catastrophic changes in the arid ecosystem, have received much attention. However, little is known about the controlling factors and indicators that underlie vegetation patch patterns in the alpine grassland ecosyst...

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Main Authors: Wei Zhang, Shuhua Yi, Jianjun Chen, Yu Qin, Li Chang, Yi Sun, Donghui Shangguan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21002351