Soil degradation: A problem threatening the sustainable development of agriculture in Northeast China

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Liu, X B ^a   Zhang, X Y ^a   Wang, Y X ^b   Sui, Y Y ^a   Zhang, S L ^a   Herbert, S J ^c   Ding, G ^d  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Heilongjiang Institute of Soil and Water Conservation   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Erosion control strategies; Mollisol; Organic matter; Soil loss; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949391005     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/155/2009-pse     Document Type: Article

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