Changes in soil physico-chemical and microbiological properties during natural succession on abandoned farmland in the Loess Plateau

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 915-925

  Wang, Bing ^a,b   Liu, Guo Bin ^a   Xue, Sha ^a,c   Zhu, Bingbing ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Loess Plateau; Microbial biomass; Soil enzyme

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHATASES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ABANDONED FARMLAND; LOESS PLATEAU; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL ENZYMES; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS C;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANTATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 79951575896     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0577-4     Document Type: Article

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