Production of perennial vegetation in an oasis-desert transition zone in NW China - Allometric estimation, and assessment of flooding and use effects

Plant Ecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-43

  Gries, Dirk ^a   Foetzki, Andrea ^a   Arndt, Stefan K ^b   Bruelheide, Helge ^a   Thomas, Frank M ^a   Zhang, Ximing ^c   Runge, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alhagi sparsifolia; Allometric regression; Calligonum caput medusae; Phreatophyte; Populus euphratica; Tamarix ramosissima

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; IRRIGATION; OASIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRUB; SUSTAINABILITY;

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

ALHAGI; ALHAGI SPARSIFOLIA; CALLIGONUM; CALLIGONUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE; POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 27944436134     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-7808-2     Document Type: Article

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