Wet aggregate stability of some Botswana soil profiles

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-28

  Bonifacio, Eleonora ^a,b   Santoni, Stefania ^a   Falsone, Gloria ^a   Zanini, Ermanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Settore di Chimica Agraria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drylands; Organic matter; Phosphorus; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 28844473950     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980500369418     Document Type: Article

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