Soil desiccation occurrence and its impact on forest vegetation in the loess plateau of china

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-306

  Shangguan, Z P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Forest vegetation; Loess plateau; Soil desiccation; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

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

EID: 34347229760     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500709469730     Document Type: Article

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