Plant diversity is associated with the amount and spatial structure of soil heterogeneity in meadow steppe of China

Agriculture & Biology

• China 47%
• grasslands 21%
• meadows 76%
• plant ecology 11%
• plant growth 5%
• regression analysis 14%
• sodium 6%
• soil 37%
• soil heterogeneity 100%
• spatial variation 8%
• species diversity 57%
• species richness 35%
• steppes 83%
• testing 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• conductivity 27%
• grassland 16%
• meadow 74%
• multiple regression 13%
• natural area 7%
• patch size 25%
• patchiness 8%
• plant ecology 10%
• plant species 17%
• sodium 5%
• soil 31%
• spatial variation 5%
• species diversity 18%
• species richness 28%
• steppe 76%
• test 5%

Social Sciences

• China 44%
• determinants 10%
• ecology 13%
• habitat 16%
• regression 37%