Declines of Organic Nutrient Pools in Tropical Semi-Arid Soils under Subsistence Farming

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-224

  Fraga, Vânia Da Silva ^a   Salcedo, Ignacio H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

MINERALIZATION;

SOIL TESTING;

LAND DEGRADATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347300698     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.2150     Document Type: Article

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