Spatial variability of soil moisture, nutrients, and productivity on slopeland in loessial semiarid region

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2061-2066

  Pan, Chengzhong ^a,b   Shangguan, Zhouping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Loessial semiarid region; Productivity; Soil moisture; Soil nutrients; Spatial variability; Steep slopeland

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 12144272026     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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