Species composition and diversity, and carbon stock in a dune ecosystem in the Horqin Sandy Land of northern China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-93

  Hu, FeiLong ^a,b   Shou, WenKai ^a,b   Liu, Bo ^a   Liu, ZhiMin ^a   Busso, Carlos A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

carbon storage; interdune lowlands; sand dunes; semi arid areas; species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916936224     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: 21947783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-014-0038-0     Document Type: Article

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