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Effect of vegetation type on microstructure of soil aggregates on the Loess Plateau, China
Dong Zhao,Mingxiang Xu,Mingxiang Xu,Guobin Liu,Luyang Ma,Shengmin Zhang,Tiqiao Xiao,Guanyun Peng +7 more
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In this article, the authors used synchrotron-based high-resolution X-ray micro-computed tomography to quantify the microstructure of soil aggregates under four types of revegetation and an active cropland on the Loess Plateau.About:
This article is published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.The article was published on 2017-05-01. It has received 80 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Soil morphology & Revegetation.read more
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Selecting the minimum data set and quantitative soil quality indexing of alkaline soils under different land uses in northeastern China
TL;DR: The results indicated that conversion of cropland to perennial forage or grassland can significantly improve the SQ in the Songnen grassland and SQI-NLWA can provide a better practical, quantitative tool for assessing SQ and is recommended for soil quality evaluation under different land uses in semiarid agroecosystems.
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Loess geohazards research in China: Advances and challenges for mega engineering projects
TL;DR: This paper reviewed advances in the research related to loess geohazards, drawing particular attention to the need to apply research findings to recent, very large (mega-)construction projects in loess terrain such as the Mountain Excavation and City Construction in Yan'an levelling 78 km2 for urban expansion, the Lanzhou New District creating 246 km2 of new level ground for construction, and large engineered interventions in the landscape for gully control and land reclamation such as those in Shaanxi and Gansu generating agricultural land covering an area of some 8000 km
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Effects of vegetation restoration on soil quality in degraded karst landscapes of southwest China.
TL;DR: Overall, vegetation restoration (e.g., natural restoration, artificial forests and artificial grassland) improved soil quality significantly and implies that the vegetation restoration practices can greatly enhance the soil quality in karst landscapes of southwest China.
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Soil aggregate stability under different rain conditions for three vegetation types on the Loess Plateau (China)
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the effects of vegetation types with long-term revegetation on the soil aggregate characteristics, and the results showed that the mean weighted diameter significantly differed from the tests and vegetation types.
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Response of aggregate associated organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous to re-vegetation in agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China
Yufei Yao,Yufei Yao,Nannan Ge,Si Yu,Xiaorong Wei,Xiang Wang,Jingwei Jin,Xuetong Liu,Mingan Shao,Yanchun Wei,Li Kang +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the response of soil organic carbon (OC) and nutrients will respond to re-vegetation practices in such an ecotone zone, and the authors presented a response of OC, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in both bulk soils and water-stable aggregates to typical revevegation patterns.
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