Soil properties following cultivation and non-grazing of a semi-arid sandy grassland in northern China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-36

  Su, Yong Zhong ^a   Zhao, Ha Lin ^a   Zhang, Tong Hui ^a   Zhao, Xue Yong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Exclosure; North China; Sandy grassland; Semi arid region; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYMES; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BASAL SOIL RESPIRATION (BSR); DESERTIFICATION;

SOILS;

CULTIVATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0842284793     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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