Effect of Albizzia lebbeck plantation on the nutrient cycling in a semi-arid grazingland

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 305-314

  Meenakshi Sundaravalli, V ^a   Paliwal, Kailash ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Litter disappearance; Nutrient dynamics; Open grazingland; Plantation; Root disappearance; Semi arid region

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANTATION;

INDIA;

ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; POACEAE;

EID: 0037725093     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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