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Table 1 The basic description of the studied sites

From: Changes of soil carbon along precipitation gradients in three typical vegetation types in the Alxa desert region, China

Site

Alaten Chaog

Zhongquanzi

Kirantai

Toudao Lake

Bayanhot

Soil type

MWSS

GBDS

GDS

LGCS

BCS

MAP(mm)

65.6

84.6

120.8

149

206.7

MAT(℃)

8.7

9.1

8.9

8.2

7.9

Altitude (m)

1462

1257

1328

1480

1309

Plant type

MH(cm)

CR(%)

MH(cm)

CR(%)

MH(cm)

CR(%)

MH(cm)

CR(%)

MH(cm)

CR(%)

OD

53.2

5.3

56.7

6.1

73.3

8.3

95.8

14.5

123.2

17.3

NT

13.6

4.3

15.2

5.2

17.3

9.3

16.8

13.5

17.2

19.3

RS

30.4

5.5

35.2

5.8

32.7

8.3

38.8

12.5

53.2

18.3

  1. WH, CR distributions indicate the mean plant height and mean plant cover at the three sampling sites