Changes in vegetative patches and characteristics in soil properties in the valleys of Qilian Mountains

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Su, Yong Zhong ^a   Chang, Xue Xiang ^a   He, Zhi Bin ^a   Wang, Fang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Community composition; In the valley of Qilian Mountains; Soil aggregate; Soil nutrient; Soil organic carbon; Vegetative patch

Indexed keywords

POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 77958122519     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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