Revegetation as an efficient means of increasing soil aggregate stability on the Loess Plateau (China)

Geoderma

Volumn 209-210, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-85

  An, Shao Shan ^a,c   Darboux, Frédéric ^b   Cheng, Man ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Grain for Green; Le Bissonnais' method; Loess Plateau; Plant communities; Revegetation; Soil aggregate stability

Indexed keywords

GRAIN FOR GREENS; LE BISSONNAIS' METHOD; LOESS PLATEAU; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY;

EROSION; LAND USE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; STABILITY; WELL DRILLING; WETTING;

AGGREGATES;

GRASSLAND; INFILTRATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REVEGETATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STABILIZATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84880029480     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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