Bio-geomorphologic growth process of Tamarix nabkha in the Hotan River basin of Xinjiang

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 462-470

  Li, Zhizhong ^a   Wu, Shengli ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   He, Mudan ^a   Ge, Lin ^a   Mu, Hetaer ^a   Xu, Guoqiang ^a  

^a XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological geomorphology; Hotan River basin; Nabkha; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH; HABITAT USE; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOTAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

PHRAGMITES; POPULUS; TAMARIX;

EID: 34548090745     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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