Labile pools of organic matter and microbial biomass in the surface soils under shifting cultivation in northern Thailand

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 527-537

  Tanaka, Sota ^a,c   Funakawa, Shinya ^b,c   Kaewkhongkha, Thammanoon ^d   Yonebayashi, Koyo ^c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Agriculture ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Labile pools of organic matter; Microbial biomass; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032443186     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1998.10414476     Document Type: Article

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