Effects of sedimentation on soil physical and chemical properties and vegetation characteristics in sand dunes at the Southern Dongting Lake region, China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Pan, Ying ^a   Zhang, Hao ^b   Li, Xu ^c   Xie, Yonghong ^c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84994558606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36300     Document Type: Article

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