Adaptation of Nitraria sphaerocarpa to wind-blown sand environments at the edge of a desert oasis

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 482-487

  LI, Qiu yan ^a   ZHAO, Wen zhi ^a   FANG, Hai yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

adaptation; Nitraria sphaerocarpa; sand burial; seedling growth; soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SAND; SEED;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; SEEDLING GROWTH;

SOILS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SAND; SEED; SOILS;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH; OASIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; WIND;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; WIND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; DESERT CLIMATE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WIND;

NITRARIA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 34248349557     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(07)60081-3     Document Type: Article

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