Effects of sand burial disturbance on seedling growth of Nitraria sphaerocarpa

Plant and Soil

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Zhao, W Z ^a   Li, Q Y ^a   Fang, H Y ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Sand burial depth; Seedling size; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; SAND; SEED BURIAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; VIGOR;

NITRARIA SPHAEROCARPA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 34250645808     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9265-x     Document Type: Article

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