Role of root inputs from a dinitrogen-fixing tree in soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration in a tropical agroforestry system

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-675

  Sierra, Jorge ^a   Nygren, Pekka ^b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Natural 13C abundance; Tree pruning; Vertisol; Vertosol

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRITION; SOILS;

TREE PRUNING; VERTISOL; VERTOSOL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; VERTISOL;

ANIMALIA; DICHANTHIUM ARISTATUM; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM;

EID: 25144459539     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04167     Document Type: Article

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