Changes in soil properties after afforestation in horqin sandy land, north china

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 537-543

  Shirato, Yasuhito ^a   Taniyama, Ichiro ^b   Zhang, Tong Hui ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; Fertility; Particle size distribution; Soil organic carbon; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 4544316740     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2004.10408510     Document Type: Article

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