Ecological restoration in Northern China: Germination characteristics of nine key species in relation to air seeding

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Zheng, Yuanrun ^a,d   Xie, Zhixiao ^b   Gao, Yong ^c,d   Shimizu, Hideyuki ^d   Jiang, Lianhe ^a   Yi, Y U ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air seeding; China; Germination; Light; Semi arid area

Indexed keywords

AGRIOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM; ARTEMISIA; ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; CARAGANA; CARAGANA INTERMEDIA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HEDYSARUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 1842575917     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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