Responses to precipitation treatment for Haloxylon ammodendron growing on contrasting textured soils

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Zou, Ting ^a,b   Li, Yan ^a   Xu, Hao ^a   Xu, Gui Qing ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Branch growth; Leaf water potential; Photosynthesis; Root distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; GROWING SEASON; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CENTRAL ASIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON;

EID: 77951092736     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0642-1     Document Type: Article

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