Nitrogen availability and leaching during the terrestrial phase in a várzea forest of the Central Amazon floodplain

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-64

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a,d   Lehmann, Johannes ^b   Scheufele, Gabriela ^c   Kern, Jürgen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d Section 54 Engineering Hydrology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inorganic nitrogen; Inundation forest; Leaching; Legume trees; Tree species effect

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FLOODED SOIL; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347627839     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0670-x     Document Type: Article

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