Suitability of extractants for predicting available sulfur in natural grassland in the Inner Mongolia steppe of China

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 721-732

  Cui, X Y ^a,b   Wang, S P ^a   Wang, Y F ^b   Xing, X R ^c   Chen, Z Z ^c   Haneklaus, S ^d   Fleckenstein, J ^d   Schnug, E ^d  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inner Mongolia steppe of China; Soil analysis; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; SOIL TYPE; STEPPE; SULFUR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 33646820307     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620600563895     Document Type: Article

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