Soil chemical and microbiological properties along a chronosequence of Caragana microphylla Lam. plantations in the Horqin sandy land of Northeast China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-85

  Cao, Chengyou ^a   Jiang, Deming ^b   Teng, Xiaohui ^a   Jiang, Yong ^b   Liang, Wenju ^b   Cui, Zhenbo ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Caragana microphylla Lam; Desertified sandy land; Microbial biomass; Plantation chronosequence; Soil enzyme; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA;

EID: 47549084416     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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