## Abstract Understanding the effects of land use change on soil properties is important for soil quality improvement and sustainable land use. In this study, six land use types including wasteland (WLD), cropland (CLD), abandoned land (ABD), artificial grassland (AGD), shrubland (SLD) and woodland
Vegetation patterns influence on soil microbial biomass and functional diversity in a hilly area of the Loess Plateau, China
β Scribed by Chanjuan Hu; Bojie Fu; Guohua Liu; Tiantian Jin; Lei Guo
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-0108
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