The effects of clear-felling subalpine coniferous forests on soil physical and chemical properties in the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Pang, X Y ^a,b   Bao, W K ^a   Wu, N ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Clear felling; Degradation index; Soil quality; Subalpine coniferous forest; Sustainability; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CATTLE; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BOS;

EID: 79956284941     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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