Spatial and temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon in reserved desertification area - A case study in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-250

  Cheng, Shu Lan ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^b   Niu, Hai Shan ^a   Wang, Lin ^b   Zhang, Feng ^b   Gao, Jun Qin ^b   Tian, Yu Qiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Land management; Land use cover; Reversed desertification area; Soil organic carbon; Yulin City

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; YULIN;

EID: 5644246414     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-003-0054-z     Document Type: Article

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