Effects of artificial grassland establishment on soil nutrients and carbon properties in a black-soil-type degraded grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 469-479

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

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maqu Alpine Grassland Workstation   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Artificial grassland establishment; Community; Soil carbon storage; Soil properties; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TOPSOIL;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS NUTANS;

EID: 77954690537     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0363-9     Document Type: Article

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