A study on relations of vegetation, climate and soils in Shanxi province, China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-31

  Zhang, Jin Tun ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; North China; Soil pattern; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0036032606     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020355921982     Document Type: Article

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