Effect of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) on soil chemical and microbiological properties in the eroded hilly area of China's loess plateau

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 597-607

  Wang, Bing ^a,b,c   Liu, Guobin ^a,b   Xue, Sha ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Semi arid area; Soil enzyme; Soil quality; Vegetation soil effects

Indexed keywords

EXOTIC SPECIES; SEMIARID AREA; SOIL ENZYMES; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION-SOIL EFFECTS;

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATASES; WATER CONSERVATION;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TOPSOIL;

BIOMASS; CELLULASE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHINA; FORESTRY; INSECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOSPHATASE; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; ZHIFANGGOU BASIN;

ORTHOPTERA; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; THUJA;

EID: 84876078631     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1107-8     Document Type: Article

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