Distribution of soil carbon and nitrogen along a revegetational succession on the Loess Plateau of China

Catena

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-168

  Jia, Xiaoxu ^a   Wei, Xiaorong ^a   Shao, Ming'an ^b   Li, Xuezhang ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Nitrogen; Organic carbon; Revegetational succession; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALFALFA; GRASS; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; REVEGETATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 84862832543     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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