Can the study of natural vegetation succession assist in the control of soil erosion on abandoned croplands on the Loess Plateau, China?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Jiao, Juying ^a,b   Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^c   Xofis, Panteleimon ^c   Bai, Wenjuan ^a,b   Ma, Xianghua ^a,b   Mitchley, Jonathan ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bothriochlao iwchaemum; Classification tree analysis; Lespedeza davurica; Species response curves; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; EROSION CONTROL; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SUCCESSION; TWINSPAN;

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

BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM; FABACEAE; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA DAURICA;

EID: 34547449964     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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