Distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation species diversity and their relationship to groundwater attributes in northwestern China

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-200

  Zhu, Juntao ^a   Yu, Jingjie ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Yu, Qiang ^b   Eamus, Derek ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distribution pattern; Groundwater attributes; Groundwater dependent vegetation; In north western China; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERALISED ADDITIVE MODELS; GROUNDWATER ATTRIBUTES; GROUNDWATER-DEPENDENT VEGETATIONS; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CHINA; EJINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84876316678     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1258     Document Type: Article

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