Effects of Exclosure Management on Elm (Ulmus Pumila) Recruitment in Horqin Sandy Land, Northeastern China

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-117

  Tang, Yi ^a,b   Jiang, De Ming ^b   Lü, Xiao Tao ^b  

^a LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

elm recruitment; grazing; seed production; seed supply; seedlings survival

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; PASTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 84887075607     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2013.800922     Document Type: Article

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