Ecological and hydrological response of farmlands abandoned for different lengths of time: Evidence from the loess hill slope of china

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-67

  Hou, Jian ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Lu, Nan ^a   Gao, Guangyao ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Land management; Loess Plateau; Nutrient loss; Runoff; Soil erosion; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LOESS PLATEAU; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; EROSION; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

LOESS HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891900757     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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