Dry matter and nutrient dynamic of litter during forest regrowth in humid subtropics

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-57

  Maithani, Kusum ^a   Arunachalam, A ^a   Pandey, H N ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER PRODUCTION; LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0030609650     PISSN: 08629129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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