Floristic composition of vegetation and the soil seed bank in different types of dunes of kerqin steppe

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-293

  Li, Yulin ^a   Cui, Jianyuan ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^a   Zhao, Halin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Desertification; Germination; Shannon Weaver diversity; Species density

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FLORISTICS; GERMINATION; SEED BANK; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KERQIN DESERT;

AGRIOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS PILOSA; SETARIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 3142657565     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980490451410     Document Type: Article

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