Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics followed by a forest-to-pasture conversion in western Mexico

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-100

  García Oliva, Felipe ^a   Lancho, Juan F Gallardo ^b   Montaño, Noé Manuel ^a   Islas, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Land use change; Soil aggregates; Tropical deciduous forest; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL CARBON;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644511093     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-2917-z     Document Type: Article

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