Spatial pattern and heterogeneity of soil properties in sand dunes under grazing and restoration in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-212

  Zuo, Xiaoan ^a   Zhao, Halin ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^a   Zhang, Tonghui ^a   Guo, Yirui ^a   Wang, Shaokun ^a   Drake, Sam ^b  

^a Yulong Snow Mountain Glaciers and Environmental Observation Station   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing; Restoration; Sand dune; Soil properties; Spatial heterogeneity; Topography

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SAND; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

GRAZING; SAND DUNES; SOIL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AUTOCORRELATION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 43749090238     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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