Disturbance regimes and gaps characteristics of the desert riparian forest at the middle reaches of tarim river

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4699-4708

  Han, Lu ^a,b   Wang, Haizhen ^a,b   Chen, Jiali ^b   Yu, Jun ^b  

^a Tarim University Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin of Xinjiang Production Construction Corps   (China)

^b Tarim University   (China)

Author keywords

Desert riparian forest; Disturbance regimes; Gaps; Tarim river

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CANOPY GAP; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER BANK; STABILIZATION; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 80052541652     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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