Analysis of spatial variability of the fractal dimension of soil particle size in Ammopiptanthus mongolicus' desert habitat

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 953-962

  Jia, X H ^a   Li, X R ^a   Zhang, J G ^a   Zhang, Z S ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension of soil particle size; Psammophytic vegetation; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

DESERT ECOSYSTEM; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POWER-LAW; PSAMMOPHYTIC VEGETATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND CONTENT; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS;

CLAY MINERALS; ECOLOGY; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); LANDFORMS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLAY; DESERT; DOMINANCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERCEPTION; LEGUME; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SHRUB; SILT; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE;

AMMOPIPTANTHUS MONGOLICUS;

EID: 70349881919     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1575-7     Document Type: Article

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