Distribution of soil organic carbon and phosphorus on an eroded hillslope of the rangeland in the northern Tibet Plateau, China

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-371

  Zhang, J H ^a   Liu, S Z ^a   Zhong, X H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33744463109     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2005.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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