Moderate water supply and partial sand burial increase relative growth rate of two Artemisia species in an inland sandy land

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-113

  Zheng, M ^a,b   Lai, L ^a   Jiang, L ^a   An, P ^c   Yu, Y ^d   Zheng, Y ^a   Shimizu, H ^e   Baskin, J M ^f   Baskin, C C ^f,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Desertification; Mu Us sandy land; Seedling growth; Watering regime

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DESERTIFICATION; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MOISTURE; PHYTOMASS; SEEDLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERING POINT;

CHINA; ORDOS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA; ARTEMISIA SPHAEROCEPHALA;

EID: 84863741243     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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