Characteristics and aggregate stability of soil particle size distribution under four forestland types in low mountains and hills of Southwest China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 850-857

  Wu, Yuhe ^a   Zhang, Hongjiang ^a   Lv, Wenxing ^a   Cheng, Jinhua ^a   Wang, Haiyan ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Low mountains and hills of China; Macro aggregate stability; Soil erosion; Soil particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FOREST; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT GROWTH; ROOT GROWTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880645911     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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