Organic matter lability in a tropical oxisol: Evidence from shifting cultivation, chemical oxidation, particle size, density, and magnetic fractionations

Soil Science

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 795-807

  Shang, Chao ^a,b   Tiessen, Holm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Northern Agriculture Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXISOL; PARTICLE SIZE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL SOIL;

BRAZIL; CHAPADA DE ARARIPE; PERNAMBUCO STATE;

EID: 0031406365     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199711000-00004     Document Type: Article

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