Responses in plant, soil inorganic and microbial nutrient pools to experimental fire, ash and biomass addition in a woodland savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-93

  Jensen, Michael ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a   Gashaw, Menassie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fire; Minerals; Nitrogen; Tropical ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FIRE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; WOODLAND;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0034935428     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000627     Document Type: Article

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