Limitations on the recruitment of the rare sand shrubby legume Eremosparton songoricum (Fabaceae) in Gurbantunggut desert, China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-84

  Zhang, Dao Yuan ^a,b   Liu, Hui Liang ^a,b,c   Shi, Xiang ^d   Wang, Jian Cheng ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yong Kuan ^a,b,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pollination ecology; Population structure; Regeneration; Sand dunes; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

EREMOSPARTON; FABACEAE;

EID: 84860905303     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2011.00075     Document Type: Article

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