Soil properties under Amazon forest and changes due to pasture installation in Rondônia, Brazil

Geoderma

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-81

  De Moraes, Jener F L ^a   Volkoff, B ^b   Cerri, Carlos C ^a   Bernoux, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; PASTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PH;

BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN, RONDONIA;

EID: 0029729837     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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