Soil nutrients accumulation and their loss risk under effects of biological soil crust in Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi Province, China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1019-1026

  Xiao, Bo ^a,c   Zhao, Yun Ge ^a,b   Xu, Ming Xiang ^a,b   Shao, Ming An ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust (BSC); Loess Plateau of north Shaanxi Province; Soil nutrient accumulation; Soil nutrient loss risk

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; WATER;

ACCUMULATION RATE; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 49249087784     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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