Effects of vegetation restoration on soil physical properties in the wind-water erosion region of the Northern Loess Plateau of China

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-15

  Li, Wang ^a   Yan, Mu ^a   Qingfeng, Zhang ^a   Zhikaun, Jia ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Bulk density; C. korshinskii; Natural recovery; Re vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; VEGETATION; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED; WIND EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84862958295     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100367     Document Type: Article

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