Fractal approach to estimating changes in soil properties following the establishment of Caragana korshinskii shelterbelts in Ningxia, NW China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-243

  Gao, Guang Lei ^a   Ding, Guo Dong ^a,b   Zhao, Yuan Yuan ^a,b   Wu, Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Qing ^a,b   Qin, Shu Gao ^a,b   Bao, Yan Feng ^a   Yu, Ming Han ^a   Liu, Yun Dong ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yanchi Desert Ecosystem Research Station of Ningxia   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; Fractal feature; Particle size distribution; Soil property; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; DESERTIFICATION; FRACTAL FEATURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS; SOIL NITROGEN ACCUMULATIONS; SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DESERTIFICATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; HERB; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHELTERBELT; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 84897436424     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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