Screening trial for the suitable plant species growing on sand dunes in the alpine valley and its recovery status in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin of Tibet, China
Abstract:There was a total of 273 697. 54 hm 2 of aeolian sandy lands in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin of Tibet in 2008. The fast development of aeolian sand lands has caused immense damages to its social and economic development, it is urgent to choose appropriate plant species for vegetation restoration of the moving sand dunes in the basin. Thus, we carried out a continuous trial of the field artificial seeding on sand dunes in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, the main testing plant species inc… Show more
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