Effects of moss crust on soil seed bank at southeast edge of Tengger Desert

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-508

  Su, Yan Gui ^a,b   Li, Xin Rong ^a   Jia, Rong Liang ^a   Pan, Yan Xia ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Moss crust; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

MOSS; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED; SEED BANK; SHRUB; SOIL CRUST; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SOIL; TREE;

BRYOPSIDA; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34248649034     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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