The Loess Plateau: Finding a place for forests

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 409-413

  Peng, Hong ^a   Coster, Jack ^b  

^a Ankang Prefecture Governments   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; China; Loess Plateau; Plantation; Soil erosion; Terracing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

EROSION RATE; PLANTATION;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; EROSION RATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL EROSION; TERRACING; VEGETATION COVER;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTATION; FORESTS; LAND USE; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL EROSION;

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

EID: 38749085253     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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