Soil water soluble organic carbon under three alpine grassland types in Northern Tibet, China

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2066-2071

  Lu, Xuyang ^a   Fan, Jihui ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Wang, Xiaodan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Northern Tibet; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Water soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957725088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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