Soil characteristic changes and quality evaluation of degraded desert steppe in arid windy sandy areas

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Jing Ma¹  Jianrong Qin³  Hongbin Ma¹  Yao Zhou¹  Yan Shen¹  Yingzhong Xie¹  Dongmei Xu¹ 

[1] School of Agricultural, Ningxia University, Yinchuan;Agricultural Economy and Information Technology Research Institute of Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan;Chengdu Park City Construction & Development Research Institute

关键词: Arid windy sandy area;    Desert steppe;    Degradation;    Soil physical;    chemical and biological properties;    Minimum data set;    Soil quality index;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.13100

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

severely degraded grassland. The results showed that the degradation of desert steppe in arid windy sandy areas had relatively consistent effects on the physical, chemical, and biological traits of the soil. The minimum data set can be used to replace the total data set when evaluating the soil quality of the desert steppe at different degrees of degradation.

【 授权许可】

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