Interrelationships among soil total C and N, microbial biomass, trace gas fluxes, and internal N-cycling in soils under pasture of the Amazon Region

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 45-69

  Cerri, C E P ^a   Piccolo, M C ^a   Feigl, B J ^a   Paustian, K ^b   Cerri, C C ^a   Victoria, R L ^a   Melillo, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Carbon cycle; Degraded pasture; Gas fluxes; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745700875     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v27n04_05     Document Type: Article

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