Vegetation-environment relationships in Gurbantunggut Desert

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2802-2811

  Qian, Yi Bing ^a   Wu, Zhao Ning ^b   Zhang, Li Yun ^a   Zhao, Rui Feng ^a,c   Wang, Xiao Yan ^a,c   Li, You Min ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Environment plant relationship; Environmental factors; Gurbantunggut Desert; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRIOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM; CAREX; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA DISTACHYA; EPHEMERIDAE; HALOXYLON PERSICUM; SENECIO; SERIPHIDIUM;

EID: 79955941441     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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