Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 440-448

  Jiang, Wenying ^a   Cheng, Yufen ^a   Yang, Xiaoxiao ^a,b   Yang, Shiling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid climate; Herb; Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; Loess; Natural vegetation; Pollen records

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ARID REGION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; GRASS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SURVIVAL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE; CORYLUS; ECHINOPS (PLANT); JUGLANS; POACEAE; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA SINENSIS; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84875645699     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12052     Document Type: Article

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