Distribution pattern of Tugai forests species diversity and their relationship to environmental factors in an arid area of China.

Ecological restoration of degraded riparian Tugai forests is a key driver to combat desertification in arid regions. Previous studies have focused mainly on changes in groundwater as the underlying mechanisms of Tugai forest's decline. We evaluated species composition and diversity of Tugai for...

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Main Authors: Yong Zeng, Chengyi Zhao, Zbigniew W Kundzewicz, Guanghui Lv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232907