Soil aggregation and intra-aggregate carbon fractions in relation to vegetation succession on the loess plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-84

  Cheng, Man ^a   Xiang, Yun ^a,b   Xue, Zhijing ^a   An, Shaoshan ^a   Darboux, Frédéric ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Academy of Environmental Research   (China)

^c Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; IPOM; Loess plateau; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EROSION CONTROL; FRACTIONATION; GRASSLAND; REVEGETATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84907814055     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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