Micro-scale spatial heterogeneity and the loss of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in degraded grassland in Ordos Plateau, northwestern China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-37

  Cheng, Xiaoli ^a   An, Shuqing ^a   Liu, Shirong ^b   Li, Guoqi ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy Forestry   (China)

^c NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; Heterogeneity process; Soil element loss; Soil nutrients; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS BASIN;

ARTEMISIA; BLEPHARIDACHNE; CYNANCHUM; STIPA;

EID: 1842759739     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000020948.66471.2b     Document Type: Article

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