Comparing two methods for soil carbon and nitrogen determination using selected Brazilian soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 295-309

  Pérez, Daniel Vidal ^a   De Alcantara, Sarai ^b   Arruda, Ricardo Jacintho ^b   Meneghelli, Neli Do Amaral ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0343396423     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-100103008     Document Type: Article

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