Fertile islands under Artemisia ordosica in inland dunes of northern China: Effects of habitats and plant developmental stages

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 953-963

  Li, Ping Xing ^a,b   Wang, Ning ^a,b   He, Wei Ming ^a   Krüsi, Bertil O ^c   Gao, Shu Qin ^a,b   Zhang, Shu Min ^a   Yu, Fei Hai ^a   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ordos Plateau; Semiarid ecosystems; Spatial heterogeneity; Total nitrogen; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SENESCENCE; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA;

EID: 42049120281     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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