Soil organic carbon density and land restoration: Example of southern mountain area of Ningxia Province, Northwest China

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-189

  An, Shaoshan ^a   Huang, Yimei ^a   Liu, Mengyun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C. korshinski plantations; China; Land use; Loess Plateau; Soil organic carbon density; Vegetation rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GRAZING; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 77949337059     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620903429976     Document Type: Article

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