The natural vegetation responses to the groundwater change resulting from ecological water conveyances to the lower Tarim River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Xu, Hailiang ^a   Ye, Mao ^a   Song, Yudong ^a   Chen, Yaning ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological water conveyances project (EWCP); Groundwater depth; Protection and restoration of the natural vegetation; Species diversity; Tarim river

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOLOGICAL WATER CONVEYANCE; GROUNDWATER DEPTH;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER;

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROUNDWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; PLANTS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 34347386667     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9455-7     Document Type: Article

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