Successional changes in soil stoichiometry after land abandonment in Loess Plateau, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-254

  Jiao, Feng ^a,b   Wen, Zhong Ming ^a,b   An, Shao Shan ^a,b   Yuan, Z ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient stoichiometry; Phosphorus; Potassium; Soil nutrients; Succession; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STOICHIOMETRY;

LOESS PLATEAU; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

NUTRIENTS;

ABANDONED LAND; CHRONOSEQUENCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STOICHIOMETRY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84881009679     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.036     Document Type: Article

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