Relationship between soil properties and plant diversity in a desert riparian forest in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-296

  Yang, Yu Hai ^a   Chen, Ya Ning ^a   Li, We Hong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Grey correlation; Plant diversity; Riparian forest; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DESERT; HERB; NITROGEN; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX;

EID: 70350303283     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980903231991     Document Type: Article

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