The effects of vegetation on restoration of physical stability of a severely degraded soil in China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 723-734

  Yao, Shuihong ^a,b   Qin, Jiangtao ^a   Peng, Xinhua ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Hydrophobic DOC; Soil restoration; Soil water repellency; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AROMATICITY INDICES; BARE SOILS; DEGRADED SOILS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; ERODED SOILS; HUMIFICATION; HYDROPHOBIC ACIDS; HYDROPHOBIC DOC; HYDROPHOBIC FRACTIONS; MECHANICAL STABILIZATIONS; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITIONS; OVEN-DRYING; PHYSICAL STABILITIES; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL POROSITIES; SOIL RESTORATION; SOIL STABILITIES; SOIL WATER POTENTIALS; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SOIL-ORGANIC CARBONS; TOP SOILS; TOTAL POROSITIES; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VEGETATION RESTORATIONS; VEGETATION TYPES; WATER POTENTIALS; WATER STABILITIES; WATER WETTABILITIES;

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROXYLATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POROSITY; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

MECHANICAL STABILITY;

DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EROSION CONTROL; HUMIFICATION; HYDROPONICS; LEGUME; LITTERFALL; POROSITY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL WATER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOPSOIL; WETTABILITY;

AGGREGATE; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; DISSOLVING; FIRES; HAZARDS; HYDROXYLATION; POROSITY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER REPELLENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA BICOLOR;

EID: 64649104148     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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