Wind-dispersed seed deposition patterns and seedling recruitment of Artemisia halodendron in a moving sandy land

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-80

  Li, Feng Rui ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Ai Sheng ^a   Zhao, Li Ya ^a   Kang, Ling Fen ^a   Chen, Wen ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artemisia halodendron; Horqin Sandy Land; Moving sand dunes; Population dynamics; Post dispersal recruitment; Recruitment success; Sand stabilizing plant; Seed deposition; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HALODENDRON;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SOIL; WIND;

ARTEMISIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL; WIND;

EID: 23644460178     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci150     Document Type: Article

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