Soil C and N dynamics in primary and secondary seasonally dry tropical forests in Mexico

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 282-289

  Saynes, Vinisa ^a   Hidalgo, Claudia ^b   Etchevers, Jorge D ^b   Campo, Julio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Potential nitrogen transformation; Soil microbial carbon; Soil microbial nitrogen; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844426477     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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