The distribution of ephemeral vegetation on the longitudinal dune surface and its stabilization significance in the Gurbantunggut Desert

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-609

  Wang, Xueqin ^a,b   Jiang, Jin ^a   Lei, Jiaqiang ^a   Zhang, Weimin ^b   Qian, Yibing ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ephemerals; Gurbantunggut Desert; Longitudinal dune; Stabilization significance; Temporo spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; LIFE CYCLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0141684537     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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