Soil quality changes in land degradation as indicated by soil chemical, biochemical and microbiological properties in a karst area of southwest Guizhou, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 609-619

  Zhang, Pingjiu ^a   Li, Lianqing ^a   Pan, Genxing ^a   Ren, Jingchen ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Karst area; Microbiological indicators; Soil and ecosystem health; Soil degradation; Soil quality; Southwest Guizhou; Vegetation decline

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; SOILS;

KARST AREA; MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOUTHWEST GUIZHOU; VEGETATION DECLINE;

EROSION;

CULTIVATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; KARST; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TOPSOIL;

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36349001097     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0356-4     Document Type: Article

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