Nutrient stocks in managed and natural humid tropical fallows

Plant and Soil

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-309

  Szott, L T ^a,b   Palm, C A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Amazon; humid tropics; improved fallows; managed fallows; nutrient balances; nutrient stocks; tropical secondary forest

Indexed keywords

CAJAN; CAJANUS; CAJANUS CAJAN; CENTROSEMA; CENTROSEMA MACROCARPUM; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM ADSCENDENS; INGA; INGA EDULIS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 0030450139     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02415525     Document Type: Article

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