Ornithogenic Gelisols (cryosols) from Maritime Antarctica: Pedogenesis, vegetation, and carbon studies

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1370-1376

  Machado Michel, Roberto Ferreira ^a   Reynaud Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G ^a   Dias, Luis Hduardo ^a   Bello Simas, Feline Nogueira ^a   De Melo Benites, Vinicius ^b   De Sá Mendonça, Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

CRYOSOLS; PEDOLOGY; PHOSPHATIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

SOIL SURVEYS;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

BIRD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FROZEN GROUND; HUMUS; PEDOGENESIS; PHOSPHATIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33745878835     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0178     Document Type: Article

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