Morphology, physiochemical characteristics, and fertility of soils from Quaternary limestone in Leyte, Philippines

Soil Science

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 648-661

  Asio, Victor B ^a   Cabunos Jr , Carlito C ^a   Chen, Zueng Sang ^b  

^a VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcareous soil; Quaternary limestone; Soil characteristics; Soil fertility constraints; Tropical islands; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; HILLSLOPE; LIMESTONE; PEDON; PHAEOZEM; QUATERNARY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; TROPICAL SOIL;

ASIA; EASTERN VISAYAS; EURASIA; LEYTE [(PRV) EASTERN VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33747413001     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000228036.72647.e7     Document Type: Article

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