Dynamics of soil organic carbon and soil fertility affected by alfalfa productivity in a semiarid agro-ecosystem

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Jia, Yu ^a,b   Li, Feng Min ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Ling ^c   Xu, Jin Zhang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Loess Plateau; MBC; Ridge and furrow; Semiarid soil fertility; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALFALFA; DECOMPOSITION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

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

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33749256631     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9020-z     Document Type: Article

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