Soil erodibility, microbial biomass, and physical-chemical property changes during long-term natural vegetation restoration: A case study in the Loess Plateau, China

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-541

  Zhu, Bingbing ^a   Li, Zhanbin ^a,b   Li, Peng ^a   Liu, Guobin ^b   Xue, Sha ^a,b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The State key Laboratory of Loess Plateau and Dry Land Farming   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Physicochemical properties; Soil erodibility; Soil microbial biomass; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; ZHIFANGGOU BASIN;

PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 77952429664     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0683-5     Document Type: Article

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