Carbon and nitrogen stocks in the soils of the Amazon Region

Geoderma

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 273-286

  Batjes, N H ^a   Dijkshoorn, J A ^a  

^a ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazon Region; Latin America; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic carbon; SOTER database

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOL; ARENOSOL; CARBON; HISTOSOL; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033034253     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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