Effect of vegetation restoration on ant nest-building activities following mobile dune stabilization in the Horqin Sandy land, Northern China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-571

  Liu, R T ^a   Zhao, H L ^a   Zhao, X Y ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dune stabilization; Horqin Sandy land; Mound characteristic; Mound distribution; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

ANT SPECIES; CHINA; DUNE STABILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NORTHERN CHINA; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DENSITIES; RANDOM PATTERN; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VEGETATION PATTERN; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

STABILIZATION;

VEGETATION;

ANT; DUNE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REVEGETATION; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77749306396     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.945     Document Type: Article

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