Changes in soil properties across a chronosequence of vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau of China

Catena

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Jiao, Feng ^a,b   Wen, Zhong Ming ^a,b   An, Shao Shan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Land use; Loess Plateau; Soil bulk density; Soil organic carbon; Soil property; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; LAND USE; POROSITY; POTASSIUM; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; YANHE BASIN;

EID: 79955142671     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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