Ecosystem fertility and fallow function in the humid and subhumid tropics

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 163-196

  Szott, L T ^a   Palm, C A ^b   Buresh, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation; Improved fallow; Managed fallow; Nutrient budgets; Nutrient cycling; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033451535     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006215430432     Document Type: Article

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