The influence of pocket gophers on the status of nutrients in Alpine soils

Geoderma

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-48

  Iggy Litaor, M ^a,d   Mancinelli, R ^b   Halfpenny, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE SOIL; GOPHER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL GENESIS; SOIL HORIZON;

USA, COLORADO, NIWOT RIDGE, MARTINELLI SLOPE EXPERIMENT;

EID: 0029730831     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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