Distribution of organic carbon and nitrogen in soil aggregates of aspen (Populus simonii Carr.) woodlands in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China

Soil Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 406-414

  Gao, Hailong ^a   Qiu, Liping ^a   Zhang, Yanjiang ^a   Wang, Liaohong ^a   Zhang, Xingchang ^a   Cheng, Jimin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aggregates; aspen woodland; Loess Plateau; nitrogen; organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE-SIZE FRACTIONS; ASPEN WOODLAND; CARBON AND NITROGEN; LOESS PLATEAU; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; MICROAGGREGATES; POPULUS SIMONII; SEMI-ARID REGION;

ARID REGIONS; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SAND; SILT;

AGGREGATES;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; LOAM; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SILTY CLAY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL NITROGEN; WOODLAND;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84884758295     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12250     Document Type: Article

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