Cation exchange capacities of soil organic matter fractions in a Ferric Lixisol with different organic matter inputs

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 161-171

  Oorts, K ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^b,c,d   Merckx, R ^a  

^a Faculty of Applied Bioscience and Engineering   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cation exchange capacity; Lixisol; Particle size fractions; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFZELIA; AFZELIA AFRICANA; DACTYLADENIA BARTERI; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GMELINA ARBOREA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS SANTALINOIDES; TRECULIA AFRICANA;

EID: 0345581207     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00190-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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