Changes in soil properties after establishment of Artemisia halodendron and Caragana microphylla on shifting sand dunes in semiarid Horqin sandy land, northern China

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 272-281

  Yong, Zhong Su ^a   Tong, Hui Zhang ^a   Yu, Lin Li ^a   Wang, Fang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial shrubs; Shifting sand land; Soil amelioration; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAND; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ARTIFICIAL SHRUBS; SHIFTING SAND LAND; SOIL AMELIORATION; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

HERBACEOUS AGENT; WATER;

RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HALODENDRON; ARTICLE; CARAGANA; CARAGANCA MICROPHYLLA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SOIL PROPERTY; WOODY STEM;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ARTEMISIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARAGANA; CARBON; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA HALODENDRON; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA;

EID: 23944511909     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-4083-x     Document Type: Article

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