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Soil Moisture Rather than Soil Nutrient Regulates the Belowground Bud Bank of Rhizomatous Species Psammochloa villosa in Arid Sand Dunes

Yawei Dong¹, Ziyue Guo¹, Qun Ma², Zhiming Xin³, Jin Tao¹, Jiatai Tian¹, Jinlei Zhu³, Zhiming Zhang^1,*, Jianqiang Qian^1,*

1 College of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
2 Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, China
3 Experimental Center of Desert Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Inner Mongolia Dengkou Desert Ecosystem National Observation Research Station, Dengkou, 015200, China
4 Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 70599, Germany

* Corresponding Authors: Zhiming Zhang. Email: ; Jianqiang Qian. Email: