Effects of Warming on Chlorophyll Degradation and Carbohydrate Accumulation of Alpine Herbaceous Species during Plant Senescence on the Tibetan Plateau

Changguang Shi; Geng Sun; Hongxuan Zhang; Bingxue Xiao; Bai Ze; Nannan Zhang; Ning Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107874

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Effects of Warming on Chlorophyll Degradation and Carbohydrate Accumulation of Alpine Herbaceous Species during Plant Senescence on the Tibetan Plateau

Changguang Shi,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Geng Sun ,

* E-mail: sungeng@cib.ac.cn (GS); wuning@cib.ac.cn (NW)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Hongxuan Zhang,

Affiliation Center for Ecological Studies, Sichuan Academy of Grassland Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Bingxue Xiao,

Affiliation Center for Ecological Studies, Sichuan Academy of Grassland Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Bai Ze,

Affiliation Center for Ecological Studies, Sichuan Academy of Grassland Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Nannan Zhang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Ning Wu

* E-mail: sungeng@cib.ac.cn (GS); wuning@cib.ac.cn (NW)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Ecosystem Services, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
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Effects of Warming on Chlorophyll Degradation and Carbohydrate Accumulation of Alpine Herbaceous Species during Plant Senescence on the Tibetan Plateau

Changguang Shi,
Geng Sun,
Hongxuan Zhang,
Bingxue Xiao,
Bai Ze,
Nannan Zhang,
Ning Wu

Published: September 18, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107874

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