Seed Removal due to Overland Flow on Abandoned Slopes in the Chinese Hilly Gullied Loess Plateau Region

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 274-282

  Yu, Wei Jie ^a   Jiao, Ju Ying ^a,b   Chen, Yu ^c   Wang, Dong Li ^d   Wang, Ning ^e   Zhao, Heng Kang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c Haihe River Water Conservancy Commission   (China)

^d LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

erosive rainfall; seed loss; seed redistribution; soil erosion; vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ABANDONED CROPLANDS; SENSITIVE HABITATS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SEED BANK; SOIL SURFACES; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION COVERAGE; ZHIFANGGOU WATERSHED;

RAIN;

ABANDONED LAND; HILLSLOPE; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL; SEED; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84970965940     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2519     Document Type: Article

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