Effects of grazing and livestock exclusion on soil physical and chemical properties in desertified sandy grassland, Inner Mongolia, northern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 771-783

  Li, Yuqiang ^a   Zhao, Halin ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^a   Zhang, Tonghui ^a   Li, Yulin ^a   Cui, Jianyuan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; Grassland restoration; Grazing management; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATOLOGY; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; ION EXCHANGE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; SOILS; ZINC;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; DESERTIFICATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRASSLAND RESTORATIONS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE;

DESERTIFICATION; DISTURBANCE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 85028113358     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0748-3     Document Type: Article

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