The plant species richness in dam farmlands of the Loess Plateau in China

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Zhao, Pei Pei ^a,b   Shao, Ming An ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dam farmland; Plant biodiversity; Redundancy analysis; Soil physical variable

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALFALFA; ARISTIDA ADSCENSIONIS; ARTICLE; BEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; FENNEL; LOESS; MEDICAGO; MILLET; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; XANTHIUM;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67649534564     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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