Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen capacities of Salix cheilophila Schneid. along a revegetation chronosequence in semi-arid degraded sandy land of the Gonghe Basin, Tibetan Plateau

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1045-1054

  Yu, Y ^a,c   Jia, Z Q ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Qinghai Gonghe Desert Ecosystem Research Station   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCES; SEMI ARID; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SALIX;

EID: 84908620151     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-1045-2014     Document Type: Article

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