Effects of soil disturbance, seed rate, nitrogen fertilizer and subsequent cutting treatment on establishment of Bromus inermis seedlings on degraded steppe grassland in China

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Liu, G X ^a,b   Mao, P S ^a   Huang, S Q ^a   Sun, Y C ^a   Han, J G ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Regeneration niche; Restoration; Seed sowing; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STEPPE; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS;

EID: 49749134774     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2008.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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