The variation in soil moisture and the appropriate groundwater table for desert riparian forest along the Lower Tarim River

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-162

  Ma, Xiaodong ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Zhu, Chenggang ^a   Li, Weihong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arid region; groundwater table depth; plant coverage; soil moisture content; species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952547557     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-011-0835-8     Document Type: Article

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