Characteristics and spatial heterogeneity of Tamarix ramosissima Nebkhas in desert-oasis ecotones

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1446-1455

  Bing, Liu ^a   Wenzhi, Zhao ^a   Rong, Yang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

desert oasis ecotone; morphological characteristic; Nebkhas; spatial heterogeneity; Tamarix ramosissima

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DUNE; ECOTONE; HEIGHT; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 48949092942     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(08)60053-0     Document Type: Article

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