Long-term fencing improved soil properties and soil organic carbon storage in an alpine swamp meadow of western China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 331-337

  Wu, Gao Lin ^a,c   Liu, Zhen Heng ^b   Zhang, Lei ^a   Chen, Ji Min ^a   Hu, Tian Ming ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maqu Alpine Grassland Workstation   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine swamp meadow; Fencing; Grazing; Soil carbon storage; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; OVERGRAZING; PH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL REMEDIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77953707184     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0299-0     Document Type: Article

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