The efficiency of large-scale afforestation with fish-scale pits for revegetation and soil erosion control in the steppe zone on the hill-gully Loess Plateau

Catena

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-167

  Wang, Zhi Jie ^a,c   Jiao, Ju Ying ^a,b   Su, Yuan ^b   Chen, Yu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

"Grain for Green" project; Herb; Litter; Rill erosion; Sediment deposition; Tree survival and growth

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; HERB; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; STATE ROLE; STEPPE; SURVIVAL;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS DAVIDIANA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84891834275     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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