Temporal changes of an alfalfa succession and related soil physical properties on the Loess Plateau, China;Variações temporais de uma sucessão de alfafa e de propriedades físicas do solo a elas relacionadas no Loess Plateau, China

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-196

  She, Dong Li ^a,b   Shao, Ming An ^a,b   Timm, Luis Carlos ^c   Reichardt, Klaus ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agropastoral transition zone; Community characteristics; Medicago sativa; Soil physical properties; Soil water restoration

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 68049105298     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: 16783921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2009000200011     Document Type: Article

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