Effects of sand burial, soil water content and distribution pattern of seeds in sand on seed germination and seedling survival of Eremosparton songoricum (Fabaceae), a rare species inhabiting the moving sand dunes of the Gurbantunggut Desert of China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-87

  Liu, Hui Liang ^a,b   Shi, Xiang ^c   Wang, Jian Cheng ^a,b   Yin, Lin Ke ^a,d   Huang, Zhen Ying ^e   Zhang, Dao Yuan ^a,d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Eremosparton songoricum; Physical dormancy; Sand burial; Seed bank; Seedling recruitment; Soil water content (SWC)

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LEGUME; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; RARE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOIL WATER; SOWING; SURVIVAL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EREMOSPARTON; FABACEAE;

EID: 79960561627     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0761-7     Document Type: Article

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