The influence of the river flooding disturbance on the native vegetation restoration in the lower reaches of Tarim River

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4990-4998

  Xu, Hai Liang ^a   Ye, Mao ^b   Li, Ji Mei ^a   Wang, Wei Jiang ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disturbance; River flooding; The lower reaches of Tarim River; Vegetative restoration

Indexed keywords

POPULUS EUPHRATICA; RICHES; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 79955938122     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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