Transformations of carbon and nitrogen during composting of animal manure and shredded paper

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Pare T ^a   Dinel, H ^a   Schnitzer, M ^a   Dumontet, S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal manure; C N ratios; Composts; Non hydrolyzable carbon; Non hydrolyzable nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031884603     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050364     Document Type: Article

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