Soil organic matter decline and compositional change associated with cereal cropping in Southern Tanzania

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-26

  McDonagh, J F ^a   Birch Thomsen, T ^b   Magid, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delta 13C; Land use; Remote sensing; Soil fertility; Soil organic matter; Spatial analogue method; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOGRAPHY;

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

SOILS;

CROP PRODUCTION; LAND USE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0035073631     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.419     Document Type: Article

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