Spatial distribution of soil nutrients after the establishment of sand-fixing shrubs on sand dune

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 288-294

  Dong, X W ^a,b,c   Zhang, X K ^a   Bao, X L ^a,d   Wang, J K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIAMUSI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Caragana microphylla; Sand dune; Soil nutrients; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA;

EID: 70249141215     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/13/2009-pse     Document Type: Article

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