Mineralization and inorganic-N uptake in chir pine forest of Central Himalaya

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-199

  Usman, Samina ^a   Rawat, Y S ^a   Singh, S P ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonium N; Forest soils; Himalaya; N mineralization; Nitrate N

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032300005     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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