Improvement of soil physical properties and aggregate-associated C, N, and P after cropland was converted to grassland in semiarid loess plateau

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Guo, Zhi Bin ^a   Yan, Guijun ^b   Zhang, Rong He ^a   Li, Feng Min ^a   Zeng, Zhao Xia ^c   Liu, Hui ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d ANHUI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Soil aggregates; Soil bulk density; Soil organic carbon; Soil pH; Soil phosphorus; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; CULTIVATION; EROSION CONTROL; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGUME; PH; PHOSPHORUS; REGENERATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

DESMODIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS;

EID: 77249115814     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181cda54a     Document Type: Article

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