Soil seed banks of degraded alpine grassland in headwater region of the Yellow River: Quantities and dynamics of seed germination

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-317

  Shang, Zhanhuan ^a   Long, Ruijun ^a,b   Ma, Yushou ^c,d   Zhang, Limin ^c   Shi, Jianjun ^d   Ding, Lingling ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Sciences   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Degraded alpine grassland; Germinating dynamics; Headwater region of Yellow River; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33745919231     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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