Morphological characteristics and environmental implications of phytoliths in topsoils from different vegetation zones on northern slope of Changbai Mountains, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 506-512

  Qiao, Zhihe ^a,b   Jie, Dongmei ^a   Liu, Hongmei ^a   Ge, Yong ^a   Zhang, Hongyan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DAQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changbai Mountains; Environmental implication; Timberline; Topsoil phytolith; Vertical vegetation zones

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84890856163     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-010-0424-2     Document Type: Article

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