Soil-quality effects of grassland degradation and restoration on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2256-2264

  Dong, S K ^a   Wen, L ^a   Li, Y Y ^a   Wang, X X ^a   Zhu, L ^a   Li, X Y ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; ARTIFICIAL GRASSLAND; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GLOBAL POPULATION; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND SOILS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SEVERELY DEGRADED GRASSLANDS; SOIL ELEMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TOP SOILS; TOTAL NITROGEN; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COMPOSITION; VEGETATIVE COVER; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

AGRONOMY; POTASSIUM; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEGRADATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEXTURE; TOPSOIL;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84870201157     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0092     Document Type: Article

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