Factors affecting species diversity of plant communities and the restoration process in the loess area of China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Zhang, Jin Tun ^a   Dong, Yiru ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned cropland; Biodiversity; Ecological restoration; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; KEY FACTORS; LOESS AREA; LOESS PLATEAU; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; RESTORATION PROCESS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME GRADIENTS; VEGETATION RESTORATION; WATER LOSS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SOILS;

CONSERVATION;

ABANDONED LAND; ARABLE LAND; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GULLY; LOESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

CHINA; SHANXI;

EID: 76349094932     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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