Soils of the lowland forests of West and Central Africa

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue , 1996, Pages 15-29

  Juo, A S R ^a   Wilding, L P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST; PARENT ROCK; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL TYPE; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN;

EID: 0028683784     PISSN: 02697270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269727000006102     Document Type: Article

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