Influence of Grazing Intensity on Seed Bank of a Sandy Grassland in Horqin Steppe of China

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-404

  Zhao, Wenzhi ^a   Liu, Zhimin ^b   Chang, Xueli ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Seed bank; Seed composition; Seed density; Species composition; The Horqin Steppe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035790021     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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