Carbon decomposition of the topsoils and soil fractions under forest and pasture in the western Brazilian Amazon basin, Rondonia

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 284-287

  Koutika, L S ^a,d   Chone Th ^a,b   Andreux, F ^b   Cerri, C C ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d c/o Lambourn and Company ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon decomposition; Forest; Pastures; Rondonia; Topsoils

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CARBON; CLAY; DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SILT; SOIL FRACTION; TOPSOIL;

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA STATE;

RONDONIA;

EID: 0033971826     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050004     Document Type: Article

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