Fractal analysis of grass patches under grazing and flood disturbance in an alkaline grassland

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-313

  Xin, Xiao Ping ^a,b   Gao, Qiong ^a   Li, Yi Yin ^a   Yang, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline grassland; Disturbance; Fractal analysis; Scaling rules; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PATCH SIZE;

CHINA;

AELUROPUS LITTORALIS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; PUCCINELLIA;

EID: 0032872326     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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