Effects of plant species on soil properties in the ecosystem restoration - A case study in the dry valley of the Upper Minjiang River

2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4382-4387

  Liu, S L ^a   Fu, B J ^b   Ma, K M ^b   Liu, G H ^b   Guan, W B ^c   Kang, Y X ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid dry valley; Minjiang River; Plant diversity; Soil property

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CURING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS;

ARID DRY VALLEY; MINJIANG RIVER; PLANT DIVERSITY; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY;

SOILS;

EID: 50949121469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2008.593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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