Community biomass of abandoned farmland and its effects on soil nutrition in the Loess hilly region of Northern Shaanxi, China

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1673-1683

  Feng, Du ^a   Zongsuo, Liang ^a   Xuexuan, Xu ^a   Lun, Shan ^a   Xingchang, Zhang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

community biomass; Loess hilly region; secondary succession of old fields; vegetation soil effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447334194     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(07)60038-9     Document Type: Article

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