Crop cultivation and intensive grazing affect organic C pools and aggregate stability in arid grassland soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 172-181

  Li, Xiao Gang ^a,b   Wang, Zhe Feng ^b   Ma, Qi Fu ^c   Li, Feng Min ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Arid region; Carbohydrates; Cropping; Grazing; Organic carbon particle size fractions

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ARID REGIONS; CARBOHYDRATES; CROPS; CULTIVATION; SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CROPPING; GRASSLANDS; GRAZING; ORGANIC CARBON PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ARID REGION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; OVERGRAZING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR;

EID: 34548665487     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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