Effects of irrigation on seedling emergence and seedling survival of a desert shrub Haloxylon ammodendron (Chenopodiaceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-534

  Tobe, Kazuo ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Omasa, Kenji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; IRRIGATION; SEED BURIAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

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

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON;

EID: 27744432372     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04210     Document Type: Article

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