Spatial patterns of ephemeral plants in Gurbantünggüt Desert

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3118-3127

  Qian, Yibing ^a   Wu, Zhaoning ^b   Zhang, Liyun ^a   Zhao, Ruifeng ^a,c   Wang, Xiaoyan ^a,c   Li, Youmin ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ephemeral plants; Gurbant ngg t Desert; Habitats; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ALYSSUM; CAREX; EPHEMERIDAE; EREMOPYRUM ORIENTALE; ERODIUM; HYPECOUM; NEOTORULARIA TORULOSA;

EID: 36448976908     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0465-9     Document Type: Article

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