Nutrient availability in, soil samples from shifting cultivation sites in the semi-arid Caatinga of NE Brazil

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Salcedo, I H ^a   Tiessen, H ^b   Sampaio, E V S B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive fertilizer trial; N mineralization C mineralization; Oxisol; Subtractive fertilizer trial

Indexed keywords

CAATINGA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0030656370     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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