Patterns of shrub species richness and abundance in relation to environmental factors on the Alxa Plateau: Prerequisites for conserving shrub diversity in extreme arid desert regions

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-680

  Li, XinRong ^a   Tan, HuiJuan ^a   He, MingZhu ^a   Wang, XinPing ^a   Li, XiaoJun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Alxa Plateau; Biodiversity conservation; Desert ecosystems; Shrub species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALXA PLATEAU; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DESERT ECOSYSTEMS; SHRUB SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEXTURES; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CONTENT;

ALXA PLATEAU; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 65549085855     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0054-7     Document Type: Article

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