Effects of vegetation restoration and slope positions on soil aggregation and soil carbon accumulation on heavily eroded tropical land of Southern China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-513

  Tang, Xinyi ^a,d   Liu, Shuguang ^b,c   Liu, Juxiu ^a   Zhou, Guoyi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate soil organic carbon; Deposition; Erosion; Soil aggregation; Soil organic carbon; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; GRANITE; LAND USE CHANGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLOPE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 77952293580     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0122-9     Document Type: Article

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