Effects of water treatments on the activation of soil seed banks-A case study on the lower reaches of the Tarim River

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-740

  Wang, Zengru ^a,b   Xu, Hailiang ^a   Yin, Linke ^a   Li, Jimei ^a   Zhang, Zhanjiang ^c   Li, Yuan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activation; Lower reaches of the Tarim River; Potential for vegetation restoration; Soil seed banks; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GERMINATION; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CASE-STUDIES; EFFECT OF WATER; GERMINATION CONDITIONS; LOWER REACHES OF THE TARIM RIVERS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; POTENTIAL FOR VEGETATION RESTORATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL SEED BANK; VEGETATION RESTORATION; WATER CONDITIONS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 67349252438     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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