Winter plant phenology in the alpine meadow on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

There is no knowledge of winter plant phenology and its controlling factors on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Thus, we conducted a 4 year winter phenology and growth dynamics study in the alpine meadow on the eastern QTP.

Methods

From November 2013 to March 2017, the phenology of the 'winter-growth' and 'winter-green' species was recorded every 5 d. In November-February from 2014 to 2015, the above-ground biomass (AGB) in random plots was calculated to distinguish different growth patterns among winter growing species. The percentage of winter abundance relative to the summer population for forbs and the percentage of absolute coverage for grasses (W/S) were calculated to describe the importance of the winter population to the summer population. The s

SUBMITTER: Mo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266106 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature