Soil aggregation, aggregate stability, organic carbon and nitrogen in different soil aggregate fractions under forest and shrub vegetation on the Loess Plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-233

  An, Shaoshan ^a,b   Mentler, Axel ^c   Mayer, Herwig ^c   Blum, Winfried E H ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

C and N content of soil aggregate fractions; Loess plateau china; Soil aggregate fractions; Soil aggregate stability; Soil aggregation; Ultrasonic method; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGGREGATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BARE SOIL; EROSION CONTROL; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; LAND USE; MACROAGGREGATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REMEDIATION; ULTRASONICS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

BOTHRIOCHLOA; CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; PINUS TABULIFORMIS; POPULUS DAVIDIANA; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA;

EID: 84855389254     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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