Spatial variability of soil moisture and vegetation in desert-oasis ecotone in the middle reaches of Heihe River Basin

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1731-1739

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Zhao, Wen Zhi ^a   Chang, Xue Xiang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Desert oasis ecotone; Heterogeneity; Middle reaches of heihe river basin; Soil moisture; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956104614     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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