Change of soil physical properties under long-term natural vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau of China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-96

  Li, Y Y ^a,b   Shao, M A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Aggregate stability; Restoration succession; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil physical properties; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RECOVERY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL PROPERTY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 27644485203     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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