Journal of Natural Resources, Volume. 35, Issue 2, 387(2020)

Effects of vegetation restoration on soil erodibility on different geomorphological locations in the loess-tableland and gully region of the Loess Plateau

Zhuo-xin CHEN1... Wen-long WANG1,2,*, Ming-ming GUO1, Tian-chao WANG1, Wen-zhao GUO1, Wen-xin WANG1, Hong-liang KANG1, Bo YANG3 and Man ZHAO1 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Erosion and Dryland Agriculture on the Loess Plateaus, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
  • 2Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
  • 3Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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    Zhuo-xin CHEN, Wen-long WANG, Ming-ming GUO, Tian-chao WANG, Wen-zhao GUO, Wen-xin WANG, Hong-liang KANG, Bo YANG, Man ZHAO. Effects of vegetation restoration on soil erodibility on different geomorphological locations in the loess-tableland and gully region of the Loess Plateau[J]. Journal of Natural Resources, 2020, 35(2): 387

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    Received: Apr. 2, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 25, 2020

    The Author Email: WANG Wen-long (wlwang@nwsuaf.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.31497/zrzyxb.20200211

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