Precipitation gradient determines the tradeoff between soil moisture and soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and species richness in the Loess Plateau, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 575, Issue , 2017, Pages 1538-1545

  Wang, Cong ^a,b,c   Wang, Shuai ^a,b   Fu, Bojie ^a,b   Li, Zongshan ^a   Wu, Xing ^a   Tang, Qiang ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Precipitation gradient; Restoration management; Soil plant system; Tradeoff analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; LOESS PLATEAU; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS; SOIL PLANT SYSTEMS; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 85003875935     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.047     Document Type: Article

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