Vegetation restoration of secondary bare saline-alkali patches in the Songnen plain, China

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Jiang, S C ^a   He, N P ^b   Wu, L ^a   Zhou, D W ^c  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Grassland; Restoration; Safe site; Salinealkaline patches; Seed bank; Seed movement

Indexed keywords

LEYMUS CHINENSIS; PUCCINELLIA;

EID: 77949474826     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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