Soil properties on a chronosequence of landslides in montane rain forest, Ecuador

Catena

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-95

  Wilcke, Wolfgang ^a,d   Valladarez, Hector ^b   Stoyan, Ronald ^c   Yasin, Syafrimen ^a   Valarezo, Carlos ^b   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Ecuador; Landslide; Nutrients; Pedogenesis; Soil fertility; Tropical montane rain forest

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL FERTILITY;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642317189     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00196-0     Document Type: Article

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