Spatial heterogeneity of soil chemical properties between Haloxylon persicum and Haloxylon ammodendron populations

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-265

  Li, Cong Juan ^a,b   Li, Yan ^a   Ma, Jian ^a   Fan, Lian Lian ^a,b   Wang, Qin Xue ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertile island; Geostatistics; Plant population; Soil chemical properties; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

HALOXYLON; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; HALOXYLON PERSICUM;

EID: 84860749139     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2010.00257     Document Type: Article

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