Ecological adaptation strategies of annual plants in artificial vegetation-stabilized sand dune in Shapotou Region

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 50-60

  Zhang, Jingguang ^a   Li, Xinrong ^a   Wang, Xinping ^a   Wang, Gang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological adaptation strategy; Eragrostis poaeoides; Shapotou region

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SANDSTONE; VEGETATION;

ANNUAL PLANTS; ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; SAND DUNES; SEED GERMINATION;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; DUNE FIELD; GERMINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLOPE STABILIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; SHAPOTOU; TENGGER DESERT; WORLD;

EID: 8644247360     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04zd0006     Document Type: Article

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