Changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen after 28 years grassland afforestation: Effects of tree species, slope position, and soil order

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-179

  Wei, Xiaorong ^a,b   Shao, Mingan ^a,b   Fu, Xiaoli ^b   Horton, Robert ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese pine; Korshrinsk peashrub; Soil profile; Tree canopy

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ARID REGION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; RESOURCE USE; SHRUB; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE;

CHINA;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 77952425519     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0243-3     Document Type: Article

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