Correlation of alpine vegetation degradation and soil nutrient status of permafrost in the source regions of the Yangtze River, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1215-1223

  Wang, Yibo ^a,b   Wu, Qingbai ^b   Tian, Liming ^a   Niu, Fujun ^b   Tan, Long ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Permafrost; Soil nutrients; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL LAYER; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOURCE REGION; THERMOKARST LAKES; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER , CHINA;

LAKES; PERMAFROST; POTASSIUM; SOILS; VEGETATION;

NUTRIENTS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; KARST; PERMAFROST; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84867102889     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1567-5     Document Type: Article

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