The effect of the presence of a forage legume on nitrogen and carbon levels in soils under Brachiaria pastures in the Atlantic forest region of the South of Bahia, Brazil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-26

  Tarre R ^a   Macedo, R ^a   Cantarutti, R B ^b   Rezende, C De P ^c   Pereira, J M ^c   Ferreira, E ^a   Alves, B J R ^a   Urquiaga, S ^a   Boddey, R M ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c Estação de Zootecnia Do Extremo sul da Bahia CEPLAC ESSUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

13C; Brachiaria humidicola; Deforestation; Desmodium ovalifolium; Soil carbon accumulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORAGE; FOREST CLEARANCE; LEGUME; PASTURE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034876174     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010533721740     Document Type: Article

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