Humus profiles under main vegetation types in a rock savanna (Nouragues inselberg, French Guiana)

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 819-829

  Kounda Kiki, Charlotte ^a   Vaçulik, Anne ^a   Ponge, Jean François ^a   Sarthou, Corinne ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Humus form; Micromorphology; Rock savanna; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ROCKS; SOILS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

HUMUS FORM; MICROMORPHOLOGY; ROCK SAVANNA; TROPICAL SOILS;

VEGETATION;

HUMUS; INSELBERG; SAVANNA; TROPICAL SOIL;

FRENCH GUIANA; NOURAGUES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROMELIACEAE; CLUSIA (ANGIOSPERM); CLUSIA MINOR; CLUSIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MYRCIA SAXATILIS; MYRTACEAE; PITCAIRNIA; PITCAIRNIA GEYSKESII;

EID: 33751251654     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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