Shrub facilitation of desert land restoration in the Horqin Sand Land of Inner Mongolia

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Zhao, Ha Lin ^a   Zhou, Rui Lian ^b   Su, Yong Zhong ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhao, Li Ya ^a   Drake, Sam ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Inner Mongolia; Restoration; Seed bank; Shrub effects; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

DESERTIFICATION; INNER MONGOLIA; SEED BANK; SHRUB EFFECTS; SOIL PROPERTIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HERB; LEAF LITTER; LEGUME; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEED BANK; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HALODENDRON; CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PENNISETUM CENTRASIATICUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SALIX; SALIX GORDEJEVII;

EID: 34547136718     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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