The role of plant-soil feedbacks and land-use legacies in restoration of a temperate steppe in northern China

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1101-1111

  Jiang, Lili ^a,b   Han, Xingguo ^a   Zhang, Guangming ^a   Kardol, Paul ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic soil properties; Biogeochemistry; Land use history; Natural experiment approach; Old field; Secondary succession; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GRASSLAND SOIL; LAND USE; OLD FIELD; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 78649462935     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0735-x     Document Type: Article

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