Soil properties under shrubs in arid area of oasis-desert transition belt

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 583-586

  Xu, Wenqiang ^a,b   Luo, Geping ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fertile island; Oasis desert transition belt; Soil nutrients; Soil particle size; Soil resources; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; POTASSIUM;

CLIMATE EFFECT; SHRUB; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL; TAMARICACEAE; TREE;

DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SOIL; TAMARICACEAE; TREES;

TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 33745056270     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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