Distribution of soil organic carbon under different vegetation zones in the Ili River Valley, Xinjiang

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-740

  Yang, Yuhai ^a   Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Weihong ^a   Chen, Yapeng ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Grassland; Ili River Valley; Soil organic carbon; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955200380     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-010-0807-4     Document Type: Article

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