Effect of land use patterns on stability and distributions of organic carbon in the hilly region of Western Sichuan, China

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 61, 2011, Pages 13107-13114

  Zi Cheng, Zheng ^a,b   Shu Qin, He ^c   Ting Xuan, Li ^a   Yong Dong, Wang ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ya'an Agriculture Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Land uses; Organic carbon content of the soil aggregates; Soil aggregate; Soil aggregate fractions; Soil aggregate stability

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE FIR; EUCALYPTUS; LAND USE; LOQUAT; ORCHARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANTATION; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TEA;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 80054713375     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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