Soil and water erosion under different plant species in a semiarid river valley, SW China: The effects of plant morphology

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Xu, Xian Li ^a   Ma, Ke Ming ^a   Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Liu, Wen ^b   Song, Cheng Jun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Plant morphology; Runoff and soil erosion; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RAINFALL; RIVER; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; VALLEY; WATER EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIN RIVER [SICHUAN]; SICHUAN;

AJANIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA GMELINII; PULICARIA;

EID: 62349095076     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0479-z     Document Type: Article

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