Physical and chemical properties of soil bio-crust on rehabilitated grassland in hilly Loess Plateau of China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1429-1434

  Zhao, Yunge ^a,b   Xu, Mingxiang ^a,b   Wang, Quanjiu ^a,b   Shao, Ming'an ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Hilly Loess Plateau; Physical and chemical properties; Rehabilitated grassland; Soil bio crust

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

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

EID: 33750415531     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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