The soil quality of a degraded mountainous karst region was taken as a case studies with different restoration measures for 3~15 years long-term fixed site harnessing in the south of Guizhou province.Topsoils were collecteded from selected eco-tesseras of degraded abandon lands
vegetation recovery lands and well-protected vegetation lands respectively.Soil chemical
biochemical and microbial properties were studied to elucidate the effects of restoration measures on soil quality.The results showed that:(1) C...