Quantitative analysis of soil pores under natural vegetation successions on the Loess Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-625

  Zhao, Shi Wei ^a   Zhao, Yong Gang ^a,b   Wu, Jin Shui ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Loess Plateau; Natural vegetation succession; Soil organic matter; Soil pore

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FARMLAND; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREST REGIONS; KEY ATTRIBUTES; LOESS PLATEAU; NATURAL VEGETATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POSITIVE EFFECTS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PORES; SOIL STRUCTURE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; ZIWULING FOREST;

EID: 77952544537     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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