Degradation process and plant diversity of alfalfa grassland in North Loess Plateau of China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2321-2327

  Li, Yuyuan ^a,b   Shao, Ming'an ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa); Artificial grassland; Community succession; Forest steppe ecotone; North Loess Plateau; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; SHENMU;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 32444450693     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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