Grazing effects on soil chemical and physical properties in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia (P.R. China)

Geoderma

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Steffens, Markus ^a   Kölbl, Angelika ^a   Totsche, Kai Uwe ^b   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut für Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Equivalent mass; MDD (minimum detectable difference); Organic carbon; pH; Stock calculation; Total nitrogen; Total sulphur

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR;

BULK DENSITY; STOCK CALCULATION; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL SULPHUR;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BULK DENSITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; STEPPE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 38049040366     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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