Response of desert riparian forest vegetation to groundwater depth changes in the middle and lower tarim river

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1123-1130

  Hao, Xingming ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a,b   Li, Weihong ^a,b   Zhao, Ruifeng ^a,b   Zhu, Chenggang ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gaussian regression; Groundwater depth; Species diversity; Tarim River

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; DIVERSITY INDEX; GROUNDWATER; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE; WELL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 62749170036     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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