Characteristics of seed rain on abandoned slopes in the hilly-gullied Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 395-403

  Yu, Wei Jie ^a   Chen, Yu ^a,b   Jiao, Ju Ying ^a,c   Wang, Dong Li ^a   Wang, Zhi Jie ^c   Wei, Yan Hong ^c   Kou, Meng ^c   Yin, Qiu Long ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Haihe River Water Conservancy Commission   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned slope; Seed dispersal; Seed rain; The hilly gullied Loess Plateau; Vegetation regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERSHED;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; ZHIFANGGOU BASIN;

ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; BOTHRIOCHLOA; CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; LESPEDEZA DAURICA; SETARIA VIRIDIS; STIPA BUNGEANA;

SOIL;

ARTEMISIA; ASTRAGALUS (PLANT); BIOTA; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LESPEDEZA; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SETARIA (PLANT); SOIL;

ARTEMISIA; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOTA; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LESPEDEZA; POACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; SETARIA PLANT; SOIL;

EID: 84923832366     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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