Association of vegetation patterns and environmental factors on the arid western slopes of the Helan Mountains, China

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-331

  Zheng, Jing Gang ^a   Chen, Ying Wu ^b   Wu, Guo Xi ^a  

^a XUCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; cluster analysis; Helan Mountains; soil properties; soil water; Vegetation communities

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARID REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84883721244     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00088.1     Document Type: Article

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