Changes in species diversity and above-ground biomass of shrubland over long-term natural restoration process in the Taihang Mountain in North China

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 505-512

  Liu, X ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Liu, Z ^b   Qu, F ^a   Tang, X ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Dynamic Solutions LLC Knoxville   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Community succession; Shrub herb community; Species composition; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80755169744     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/216/2011-pse     Document Type: Article

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