In arid and semiarid regions, cultivation and shrub invasion are two important factors to impact grassland. The land use and land cover change have been widely found to result in soil carbon and nitrogen loss. However, there are few studies to compare the effects of cultivation and shrub invasion on soil physical and chemical properties. In Mu Us sand land of Inner Mongolia, China, grassland cultivation and shrub invasion widely occur. We found that the grassland cultivation and shrub invasion significantly...
【英文论文摘要】
In arid and semiarid regions, cultivation and shrub invasion are two important factors to impact grassland. The land use and land cover change have been widely found to result in soil carbon and nitrogen loss. However, there are few studies to compare the effects of cultivation and shrub invasion on soil physical and chemical properties. In Mu Us sand land of Inner Mongolia, China, grassland cultivation and shrub invasion widely occur. We found that the grassland cultivation and shrub invasion significantly...