Natural 15N abundance in soils under young-growth forests in Ethiopia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 187, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 139-147

  Eshetu, Zewdu ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Forest soil; 15N

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

AFFORESTATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

FORESTRY;

FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; LITTERFALL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; MOUNT YEGOF; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0347319552     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00315-3     Document Type: Article

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