Ecohydrological change mechanism of a rainfed revegetation ecosystem at southeastern edge of Tengger desert, Northwest China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Xiao, Honglang ^a   Cheng, Guodong ^a   Li, Xinrong ^a   Song, Yaoxuan ^a   Wang, Xinping ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial ecosystem; Bio crust; Chinese desert; Drought horizon; Ecohydrology; Soil plant evolution; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; WATER;

BALANCE PATTERNS; ECOHYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; WATER ALLOCATION;

REVEGETATION;

ECOHYDROLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; STEPPE; WATER BUDGET;

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

EID: 8744258739     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04zd0008     Document Type: Article

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