Study on shrub community diversity of Ordos Plateau, Inner Monglolia, Northern China.

摘要

The Ordos plateau is a relatively independent physiographic unit and a complex, quite sensitive ecotone in the semi-arid zone of north China. Shrubs are the Dominant plant life-form of the region. With a progressive decrease in moisture Gradient from desert steppe to steppe desert, the ecological replacement of shrub Communities is obvious.