Relation between the size of the above-ground and the underground phytomass of plant communities in the region of Gurwan-Turuu in Central Mongolia

Jan M. Matuszkiewicz, Ewa M. Roo-Zielińska, Jerzy Solon

Abstract


Results are presented of measurement of the above-ground and underground phytomass in six different plant communities on the area of the dry steppes of Central Mongolia. The relation was calculated between the above-ground and underground phytomass. This relation was found to be mostly constant under the local conditions (1 :34). This allows to adopt the "top/roots ratio" as a synthetic index of the vegetation structure in the aspect of zonal differentiation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.1982.029

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  • 2083-9480 (online)
  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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