Natural vegetation restoration and soil nutrient dynamics of abandoned farmlands in forest-steppe zone on Loess Plateau

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2025-2029

  Wen, Zhongming ^a,b   Jiao, Feng ^a   Liu, Baoyuan ^b   Bu, Yaojun ^a   Jiao, Juying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation; Natural vegetation restoration; Soil nutrient; Succession

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; SOIL; TREE;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SOIL; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA GMELINII; BOTHRIOCHLOA; LESPEDEZA; STIPA BUNGEANA; STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 31344441953     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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