Effects of crust and shrub patches on runoff, sedimentation, and related nutrient (C, N) redistribution in the desertified steppe zone of the Tengger Desert, Northern China

Geomorphology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 221-232

  Li, X J ^a   Li, X R ^a   Song, W M ^a   Gao, Y P ^a   Zheng, J G ^a   Jia, R L ^a  

^a Engineering Research Institute ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Desert shrubland; Ecological control on geomorphic processes; Ecosystem management; Resource redistribution; Source sink relationships; Water erosion and sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SHRUBLAND; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

EID: 47049115019     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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