Effects of soil moisture profile on seedling establishment in the psammophyte Hedysarum laeve in the semiarid Otindag Sandland, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-354

  Yang, H L ^a,b   Huang, Z Y ^a   Ye, Y Z ^b   Zhu, X W ^a   Dong, M ^a   Weng, H B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategy; Moving sand dune; Root extension; Seedling survival; Soil water content (SWC)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DUNE; SEEDLING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; OTINDAG;

HEDYSARUM LAEVE;

EID: 72049120662     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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