The relationship between phosphorus fractions, phosphatase activity and fertility in three tropical rain forest soils

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-267

  Saker, M L ^a   Congdon, R A ^a   Maycock, C R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

North Queensland; Phosphatase activity; Rain forest; Soil fertility; Soil phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

ALPHITONIA PETRIEI;

EID: 0033360688     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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