Effects of soil conservation on soil properties of citrus orchards in the Three-Gorges Area, China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-42

  Xu, Q X ^a   Wang, T W ^a   Cai, C F ^a   Li, Z X ^a   Shi, Z H ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hedgerow; PR China; Soil conservation; Soil properties; Terracing; Three Gorges Area

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AVAILABLE P; BULK DENSITY; CITRUS PRODUCTION; CLAY CONTENT; CONSERVATION MEASURES; DOWNSLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; FIELD SCALE; GRASS COVER; HEDGEROW; LARGE PARTS; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SILT CONTENTS; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TERRACING; THREE-GORGES AREA; TOTAL NITROGEN;

AGGLOMERATION; EROSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORCHARDS; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HEDGEROW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEXTURE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

CITRUS;

EID: 84862960620     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1045     Document Type: Article

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