Mongolian pine plantations enhance soil physico-chemical properties and carbon and nitrogen capacities in semi-arid degraded sandy land in China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Li, Yuqiang ^a   Awada, Tala ^b   Zhou, Xinhua ^b   Shang, Wen ^a   Chen, Yinping ^c   Zuo, Xiaoan ^a   Wang, Shaokun ^a   Liu, Xinping ^a   Feng, Jing ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active sand dunes; Afforestation; Horqin Sandy Land; Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv.; Soil light fraction

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84862807896     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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