Grazing effects on soil characteristics and vegetation of grassland in northern China

Solid Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-65

  Wang, Z ^a   Johnson, D A ^b   Rong, Y ^a   Wang, K ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; GRAIN PRODUCTION; SAMPLING DENSITIES; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE;

SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84956683011     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-7-55-2016     Document Type: Article

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