Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in cultivated and natural savanna soils of Northern Tanzania

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-309

  Glaser, Bruno ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a,b   Führböter, Maike ^a   Solomon, Dawit ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineralization; Nutrients; Semiarid tropics; Soil organic matter; Termite mounds

Indexed keywords

CARBON MINERALIZATION; CULTIVATION; DAY LENGTH; INCUBATION; MANURE; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; SAVANNA; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL; TANZANIA; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON CYCLE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SAVANNA; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

TANZANIA;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0035034731     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740000324     Document Type: Article

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