Ecological response and hydrological mechanism of desert riparian forest in inland river, northwest of China

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 949-955

  Li, Weihong ^a   Zhou, Honghua ^a   Fu, Aihong ^a   Chen, Yapeng ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Community succession; Ecological degradation; Groundwater; Plant physiology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATIONS; ECOLOGICAL WATER CONVEYANCES; INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; LOWER REACHES OF THE TARIM RIVERS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DEGRADATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

RIVERS;

DESERT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; PLANTS;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

POPULUS;

EID: 84890184914     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1385     Document Type: Article

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