title: [Response of morphological characteristics of Populus euphratica nebkhas to groundwater in Birkum Desert, west of Taklimakan].
abstract: By regarding the east of Birkum desert of the west of Taklimakan as research areas, the paper measured the basic morphological characteristics of Populus euphratica nebkhas through real-time kinematics, got the relevant data of groundwater by manual drilling, and analyzed the response of emorphological characteristics of P. euphratica nebkhas to groundwater. The results showed that the change range of morphological parameters of P. euphratica nebkhas was large. Groundwater infil- trated the research areas from west, south and southwest to northwest and the depth of groundwater ranged from 0.15 m to 83.2 m. Except for the maximums of the length and circumference, the other morphological parameters of P. euphratica nebkhas had a negative relation with the depth of groundwater. The volume of P. euphratica nebkhas was mainly in the range of 63.54-91.24 m3.
authors.forename: Zhan-he
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feng-bing
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Shu-jiang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003889:Desert Climate; D004777:Environment; D060587:Groundwater; D032107:Populus / Q000254:growth & development*