Changes in soil aggregate, carbon, and nitrogen storages following the conversion of cropland to alfalfa forage land in the marginal oasis of northwest china

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1070

  Su, Yong Zhong ^a,b   Liu, Wen Jie ^a,b   Yang, Rong ^a,b   Chang, Xue Xiang ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Chinese Ecosystem Research Network   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alfalfa; Land use change; Nitrogen; Northwest China; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALFALFA; LAND USE CHANGE; NORTHWEST CHINA; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; FIRE HAZARDS; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SOILS; STABILITY; WATER RESOURCES;

AGGREGATES;

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALFALFA; ARABLE LAND; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROPLAND; FORAGE CROP; LAND USE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 67349130497     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9284-x     Document Type: Article

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