Soil quality dynamics under successional alfalfa field in the semi-arid loess plateau of northwestern China

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-303

  Jiang, Jin Ping ^a   Xiong, You Cai ^a   Jia, Yu ^a   Li, Feng Min ^a   Xu, Jin Zhang ^a   Jiang, Hong Mei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa field; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass carbon; Microbial biomass nitrogen; Soil basal respiration

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; LOESS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

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

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 34848848406     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980701603524     Document Type: Article

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