Spatial heterogeneity in soil carbon and nitrogen resources, caused by Caragana microphylla, in the thicketization of semiarid grassland, Inner Mongolia

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1678-1683

  Xiong, Xiao Gang ^a,b   Han, Xing Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Caragana microphylla; Inner Mongolia; Semiarid grassland; Soil organic carbon (SOC); Soil total nitrogen (STN); Spatial heterogeneity; Thicketization

Indexed keywords

CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA;

EID: 23244436378     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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