Effect of rainfall erosion: Seedling damage and establishment problems

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 565-572

  Wang, N ^a,d   Jiao, J Y ^b   Lei, D ^c   Chen, Y ^b   Wang, D L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Henan Building Materials Research and Design Institute Co Ltd   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Physical damage; Rainfall simulation; Seed size; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

LOESS PLATEAU; PHYSICAL DAMAGES; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SEED SIZE; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

RAIN;

ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; BOTHRIOCHLOA; SOPHORA VICIIFOLIA;

EID: 84917671638     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2183     Document Type: Article

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