Role of wind-sand disturbance in the formation and development of Tamarix taklamakanensis community

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1285-1290

  He, Xing Dong ^a   Gao, Yu Bao ^a   Ren, An Zhi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community formation and development; Plant strategy; Takla Makan; Tamarix taklamakanensis; Wind sand disturbance

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DESERT; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAND; WIND EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TAMARIX;

EID: 2342437382     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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