Physical mechanisms of plant roots affecting weathering and leaching of loess soil

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1002-1008

  Li, Yong ^a,b   Zhang, Qingwen ^a,b   Wan, Guojiang ^c   Huang, Ronggui ^c   Piao, Hechun ^c   Bai, Lingyu ^b   Li, Lu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Plant roots; Principal components analysis (PCA); Soil environment field; Soil weathering and leaching rates

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

PLANT ROOTS; SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MINERAL WEATHERING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

INFILTRATION; LEACHING; LOESS; ROOT; WEATHERING;

EID: 33751017692     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-1002-4     Document Type: Article

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