Interpreting the groundwater attributes influencing the distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation in northwestern China

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 628-636

  Zhu, Juntao ^a   Yu, Jingjie ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Zhang, Yichi ^a   Yu, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution pattern; Groundwater attributes; Groundwater dependent vegetation; Quantitative classification; The extremely arid region

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DOMINANT SPECIES; INDICATOR SPECIES; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PH VALUE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES; TWINSPAN; VEGETATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARID REGIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARID REGION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; EJINA OASIS; GANSU;

EID: 84867401182     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.249     Document Type: Article

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