supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40861015);the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dry-land Farming on the Loess Plateau (10501-208);the Natural ScienceFoundation of Yunnan Province, China (2000C0001P)
Although considerable research has focused on the relationship between ecosystem structure and function, interactions of plant morphological characteristics, species composition and richness with eco-hydrological func...