supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51139002 and 51069005);the Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Innovation Team Building Program (NDTD 2010-6);the Inner Mongolia Scientific and Technology Bureau (20090516);the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (2010DFA71460)
Soil organic matter (SOM) plays an important role in maintaining vegetation cover and thus mitigating land erosion of fragile terrestrial ecosystems such as in the Northern Ordos Plateau of China (NOPC). However, ...