Soil quality in east coastal region of China as related to different land use types

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 664-676

  Meng, Qingfeng ^a,b   Yang, Jingsong ^a   Yao, Rongjiang ^a   Liu, Guangming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal tidal lands; Factor analysis; Soil quality; Soil quality index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BULK DENSITY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; POROSITY; SALINE SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; TIDAL FLAT;

CHINA; DONGTAI; JIANGSU;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875397008     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0648-0     Document Type: Article

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