Succession analysis of plant communities in abandoned croplands in the eastern Loess Plateau of China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 458-474

  Zhang, J T ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned croplands; Plant community succession; Recovery of vegetation; Restoration ecology; Species diversity; Species succession; Western Shanxi

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA LAVANDULAEFOLIA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS DAHURICUS; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; IXERIS CHINENSIS; LARIX; LARIX GMELINII VAR. PRINCIPIS-RUPPRECHTII; LARIX PRINCIPIS RUPPRECHTII; PINUS TABULIFORMIS; POA; POA ANNUA; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; SETARIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 22144498906     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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