Road effects on vegetation composition in a saline environment

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-218

  Zeng, Sheng Lan ^a   Zhang, Ting Ting ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Fang, Chang Ming ^a   Flory, S Luke ^b   Zhao, Bin ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

road effect; salinization; species composition; vegetation environment relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859803645     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr014     Document Type: Article

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