Adaptive growth of Tamarix taklamakanensis root systems in response to wind action

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 164-168

  Liu, Guojun ^a,b   Zhang, Ximing ^a   Li, Xiaorong ^d   Wei, Jiang ^a,b,c   Shan, Lishan ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Economy and Development Reform Committee of Tianshan District   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hinterland of desert; Root distribution; Root mass; Stability

Indexed keywords

TAMARIX TAKLAMAKANENSIS;

EID: 65249095556     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-6019-y     Document Type: Article

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