Conservation of soils in culturally protected woodlands in rural Hong Kong

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 339-353

  Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culturally protected woodland; Hong Kong; Soil conservation; Soil recovery; Tropical soil; Woodland soil

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOILS; WOOD;

MICRO-AGGREGATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST SOIL; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL CONSERVATION; WOODLAND;

CLAY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SILT; SOIL; WOOD;

CHINA;

EID: 0037416097     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00181-0     Document Type: Article

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