Soil respiration characteristics of tropical soils from agricultural and forestry land-uses at Wondo Genet (Ethiopia) in response to C, N and P amendments

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-133

  Teklay, Tesfay ^a,b   Nordgren, Anders ^a   Malmer, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

CO2 respiration; Ethiopia; Land uses; Microbial activity; Mollic andisol; Nutrient limitation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLAY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SUBSTRATES;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLLIC ANDISOL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

SOILS;

LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; SOIL; SUBSTRATES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 28944437718     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.04.024     Document Type: Article

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