Spatial pattern of a plant community in a wetland ecosystem in a semi-arid region in northwestern China

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-333

  Zhang, Kebin ^a   Li, Rui ^b   Liu, Yunfang ^a   Wang, Baitian ^a   Yang, Xiaohui ^c   Hou, Ruiping ^d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co Ltd   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^d State Forestry Administration   (China)

Author keywords

DCA ordination; Environmental interpretation; Plant community; Spatial distribution; TWIN SPAN quantitative classification

Indexed keywords

KALIDIUM FOLIATUM; NITRARIA TANGUTORUM; PENNISETUM FLACCIDUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SAUSSUREA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 46249084854     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-008-0048-1     Document Type: Article

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