The process and mechanism of degradation of desert riparian vegetation

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 946-956

  Liu, Jiazhen ^a,b,c   Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Weihong ^a   Chen, Yongjin ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coverage of vegetation; Degraded mechanism; Degraded process; Species diversity; Structures and types of plant communities; Tarim River

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROUNDWATER; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 33845988381     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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