Impacts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) planting on soil erosion in the hills of the Loess Plateau in China

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-34

  Ichizen, Nobumasa ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^b   Nishio, Takayoshi ^a   Liu, Goubin ^c   Li, Daiqiong ^c   Huang, Jin ^c  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Soil erosion; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944398318     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2005.00152.x     Document Type: Review

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