Soil structure and carbon distribution in subsoil affected by vegetation restoration

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-26

  Zhao, F Z ^a,b   Han, X H ^a,b   Yang, Gai He ^a,b   Feng, Y Z ^a,b   Ren, G X ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Research Center of Recycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Grain to green program; Loess Plateau; Soil aggregate; Soil depth; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892993398     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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