Impact of long-term zero-flow and ecological water conveyance on the radial increment of Populus euphratica in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang, China

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-23

  Deng, Xiaoya ^a,d   Xu, Hailiang ^b   Ye, Mao ^c   Li, Bailian ^d   Fu, Jinyi ^b   Yang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological Water Conveyance Project (EWCP); Long term zero flow; Populus euphratica; Radial increment; Tarim River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939877398     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0603-2     Document Type: Article

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