Effects of sand burial depth and seed mass on seedling emergence and growth of Nitraria sphaerocarpa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-198

  Li, Q Y ^a,b   Zhao, W Z ^a,b   Fang, H Y ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Chinese Ecosystem Network Research Linze Inland River Basin Comprehensive Research Station   (China)

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

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Optimal burial depth; Sand burial; Seed size; Seedling emergence; Seedling size

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; SEED BURIAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB;

NITRARIA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 33745877189     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9094-z     Document Type: Article

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