Ecological thresholds of Suaeda salsa to the environmental gradients of water table depth and soil salinity

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1408-1418

  Baoshan, Cui ^a   Qiang, He ^a   Xinsheng, Zhao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ecological threshold; Gaussian model; Suaeda salsa; wetland; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOMASS; SALINITY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

SUAEDA SALSA; AVES;

EID: 48749095746     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(08)60050-5     Document Type: Article

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