Effects of sand-barrier near interdune lowlands on the vegetation restoration of mobile sand dunes

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2403-2409

  Zhai, Shan Shan ^a   Liu, Zhi Min ^a,b   Yan, Qiao Ling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

' Seed island ' effect; Horqin sandy land; Plant establishment; Seedling emergence; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

DUNE; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

SALIX;

EID: 76749169462     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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