Desert vegetation patterns at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountains: The role of soil conditions

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-50

  Xu, Lihong ^a,b   Liu, Hongyan ^a   Chu, Xinzheng ^c   Su, Kai ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dungaree basin (China); Soil mechanical composition; Soil salinity; Typical desert; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLORISTICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; REAUMURIA SOONGORICA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 28844482183     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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