Effect of land-use change from cropland to poplar-based agroforestry on soil properties in a semiarid region of northeast China

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 4 A, 2013, Pages 1077-1084

  Mao, Rong ^a,b,c   Zeng, De Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Land degradation; Soil microbial activity; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic carbon; Soil quality.

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; ARID REGION; BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MILLET; MINERALIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SORGHUM;

CHINA;

POPULUS; POPULUS X CANADENSIS; SETARIA ITALICA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878274897     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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