The effects of three years of fencing enclosure on soil seed banks and the relationship with above-ground vegetation of degraded alpine grasslands of the Tibetan plateau

Plant and Soil

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 229-244

  Shang, Zhan Huan ^a,b   Deng, Bin ^a   Ding, Lu Ming ^a   Ren, Guo Hua ^a   Xin, Guo Sheng ^c   Liu, Zhi Yun ^a   Wang, Yan Long ^d   Long, Rui Jun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Aalpine grassland; Degradation; Fencing enclosure; Restoration; Soil seed bank; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84873729334     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1362-9     Document Type: Article

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