Effects of grazing on soil physical properties and soil erodibility in semiarid grassland of the Northern Loess Plateau (China)

Catena

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Zhou, Z C ^a   Gan, Z T ^b   Shangguan, Z P ^c   Dong, Z B ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Grazing; Loess Plateau; Soil erodibility; Soil erosion; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954384427     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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