Distribution characters and ecological water requirements of natural vegetation in the upper and middle reaches of Tarim River, Northwestern China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1156-1163

  Deng, Xiaoya ^a,d   Xu, Hailiang ^b   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Ling, Hongbo ^b,c   Fu, Jinyi ^b,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert riparian forest; Distribution; Ecological water requirement; Phreatic evaporation; Quota area method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EVAPORATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; POPULUS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84880279609     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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