Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties and vegetation-soil relationships following vegetation restoration of mobile dunes in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 153-167

  Zuo, Xiaoan ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^a   Zhao, Halin ^a   Zhang, Tonghui ^a   Guo, Yirui ^a   Li, Yuqiang ^a   Huang, Yingxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CCA; Conceptual model; Soil properties; Spatial heterogeneity; Vegetation succession; Vegetation soil relationship

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; NITROGEN; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT; WIND EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 67349202152     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9826-7     Document Type: Article

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