Cultivation effects on temporal changes of organic carbon and aggregate stability in desert soils of Hexi Corridor region in China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 22-29

  Li, Xiao Gang ^a   Li, Feng Min ^b   Rengel, Zed ^c   Bhupinderpal Singh, ^c   Wang, Zhe Feng ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural land uses; Cropping; Desert soils; Organic carbon size fractions; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CULTIVATION; DUST; LAND USE; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USES; CROPPING; DESERT SOILS; ORGANIC CARBON SIZE FRACTIONS; WATER STABILITY; WATER-STABLE AGGREGATES;

CROPS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; DESERT SOIL; DUST STORM; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; TOPSOIL;

CARBON; CULTIVATION; DUST; FARM CROPS; LAND USE; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR;

EID: 33748950419     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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