Suitability of Taxodium distichum for Afforesting the Littoral Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir

The littoral zone ecosystem of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) has become significantly degraded by annual cycles of prolonged winter flooding and summer drought. For purposes of flood control and sediment management, the water level in the reservoir is lowered by 30 m during the summer monsoon sea...

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Main Authors: Li, Bo, Du, Chunlan, Yuan, Xingzhong, Willison, J. H. Martin, Xiao, Hongyan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714892/