Species richness and vegetation pattern in interdune lowlands of an active dune field in Inner Mongolia, China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Liu, Zhimin ^a   Li, Xiaolan ^a   Yan, Qiaoling ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Limnocryptophyte species; Psammophyte; Semi arid inner dunes; Species area curve; Steppe species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ANTIDESMA PLATYPHYLLUM;

EID: 35148868180     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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