Quantitative classification and ordination of shrub species and communities in a loess landscape of western Shanxi

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3072-3080

  Dong, Lin Shui ^a   Zhang, Xu Dong ^a   Zhou, Jin Xing ^a   Song, Ai Yun ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bedrock area; DCA; Ecotone; Loess; Ordination; Shanxi Province; Shrub; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952644567     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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