Abstract:Vegetation restoration is an effective measure to restore physical stability in severely degraded soil through organic matter deposition. However, the effective ness of different plants in restoring the structural stability of soil is not we ll understood. The objectives of the current study were (1) to measure soil aggr egate stability under different types of restorative vegetation and (2) to deter mine the relationship between soil organic matter and soil aggregate stability. Soil samples were derived fr...