Nutrient transfer to the atmosphere by burning of debris in eastern Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Mackensen, J ^a   Holscher D ^a   Klinge, R ^a   Folster H ^a  

^a Inst of Soil Sci and Forest Nutr   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Humid tropics; Land use; Nutrient release; Slash burning

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT TRANSFER; SLASH AND BURN; TROPICS;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030587626     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03790-5     Document Type: Article

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