Characteristics of soil fertility in alpine steppes at different degradation grades

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1034-1044

  Cai, Xiao Bu ^a   Zhang, Yong Qing ^a   Shao, Wei ^a  

^a Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College   (Austria)

Author keywords

Degraded alpine grassland; Grassland degradation; Soil fertility; The North part of Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; STIPA;

EID: 79951795547     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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