Nitrogen mineralization in soils under grasses and under trees in a protected Venezuelan savanna

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Sanchez, L F ^a   Garcia Miragaya, J ^a   Chacon, N ^a  

^a Centro Ecologia Ciencias Ambientales   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Deciduous trees; Evergreen trees; Fire protection; Grasses; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Soil; Trachypogon savanna

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOWDICHIA VIRGILIOIDES; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; CURATELLA AMERICANA; GODMANIA; MACROCARPA; POACEAE; TRACHYPOGON;

DECIDUOUS TREE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SAVANNA;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030619511     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(97)80078-1     Document Type: Article

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