Effect of land use on soil degradation in alpine grassland soil, China

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1648-1655

  Wu, Ronggui ^a   Tiessen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 4143112321     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.1648     Document Type: Article

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