Soil organic matter composition under primary forest, pasture, and secondary forest succession, Region Huetar Norte, Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-104

  Guggenberger, G ^a   Zech, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Carbohydrates; Costa Rica; Land use change; Lignin; Secondary forest; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; FRACTIONATION; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE; SIZE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOIL; TROPICS;

EID: 0033596107     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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