Effects of seed morphology on seed removal and plant distribution in the Chinese hill-gully Loess Plateau region

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-152

  Wang, Dongli ^a   Jiao, Juying ^a,b   Lei, Dong ^a,c   Wang, Ning ^b   Du, Huadong ^b   Jia, Yanfeng ^b,d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c Henan Building Materials Research and Design Institute Co Ltd   (China)

^d SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eroded slope; Erosion resistance; Rainfall simulation; Seed displacement; Seed redistribution; Seed size

Indexed keywords

GULLY; HILL; MUCILAGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; SEED SIZE; SOIL SURFACE; WATER EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84873192029     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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