Structure, reproduction and flood-induced dynamics of riparian Tugai forests at the Tarim River in Xinjiang, NW China

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-57

  Thevs, Niels ^a   Zerbe, Stefan ^a   Schnittler, Martin ^a   Abdusalih, Nurbay ^b   Succow, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLOODING; GERMINATION; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; REPRODUCTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER LEVEL; WATER USE;

AMU DARYA RIVER; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SIRDARYO; TARIM HUYANGLIN NATURE RESERVE; TARIM RIVER; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ELAEAGNUS; POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 41449083865     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm043     Document Type: Article

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