Stability of Caragana microphylla plantation for wind protection and sand fixation
小叶锦鸡儿防风固沙林稳定性研究

In north of China, the vegetation for wind protection and sand fixation was widely planted in last decades, playing an important ecological role in improving the agro-ecological systems in the region. Sustaining the desired functions of the plantations requires their stability of growth and development. Caragana microphylla, a species belonging to legume family, is a popularly adopted shrub for fixing moving sand dunes in Keerqin Desert, northern China. In the growing season of 1997, a severe drought lasted...