Soil Degradation and the Decline of Available Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Soils of the Main Forest Types in the Qinling Mountains of China

Soil degradation has been reported worldwide. To better understand this degradation, we selected Pinus armandii and Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata forests, and a mixed forest of Q. aliena var. acuteserrata and P. armandii in the Qinling Mountains in China for our permanent plots and conducted thre...

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Main Authors: Xiaofeng Zheng, Jie Yuan, Tong Zhang, Fan Hao, Shibu Jose, Shuoxin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/11/460