Allometric variability of Haloxylon species in Central Asia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 274, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Buras, Allan ^a   Wucherer, Walter ^b   Zerbe, Stefan ^c   Noviskiy, Zinoviy ^d   Muchitdinov, Nashtay ^e   Shimshikov, Batyrgeldy ^e   Zverev, Nikolai ^f   Schmidt, Sebastian ^b   Wilmking, Martin ^a   Thevs, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Michael Succow Foundation   (Germany)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^d Main Department of Forestry   (Uzbekistan)

^e AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^f National Institute of Desert Flora and Fauna   (Turkmenistan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carbon contents; Desert ecosystems; Haloxylon aphyllum; Haloxylon persicum

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON CONTENT; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; HALOXYLON APHYLLUM; HALOXYLON PERSICUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BIOMASS;

ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL ASIA; WEST ASIA;

HALOXYLON; HALOXYLON APHYLLUM; HALOXYLON PERSICUM;

EID: 84858954240     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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