Environmental factors affecting vegetation composition in the Alxa Plateau, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-489

  He, M Z ^a   Zheng, J G ^a   Li, X R ^a   Qian, Y L ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Environmental characteristics; Grassland management; Multi variate analysis; Ordination

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; TWINSPAN; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALXA PLATEAU; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 33846584190     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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