The distribution patterns of biological soil crust in Gurbantunggut desert

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Chen, Jin ^b   Wang, Xueqin ^a   Pan, Huixia ^a   Gu, Zhihui ^b   Pan, Borong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Gurbantunggut Desert; Remote sensing; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

DESERT; LICHEN; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 22744437737     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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