Characteristics of soils in the tropical rainforest biome of Biosphere 2 after 3 years

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 95-106

  Scott, Harry J ^a  

^a USDI Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere 2; Ginger belt zone; Lowland forest; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE 2; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; PEDOGENESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RAINFOREST; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0032803885     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(98)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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