The effect of land use on soil health indicators in peri-urban agriculture in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2402-2409

  Monkiedje, Adolphe ^a   Spiteller, Michael ^b   Fotio, Daniel ^c   Sukul, Premasis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; PH; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

CROPPING PRACTICE; DEHYDROGENASE; HUMID FOREST ZONE; SOIL HEALTH;

LAND USE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CAMEROON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORN; CROPPING SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST; HUMIDITY; HYDROPONICS; LAND USE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PH; SALINITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SUGARCANE; TILLAGE; TOMATO; URBAN AREA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CAMEROON; CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TREES;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; LAND USE; PH; RESISTIVITY; SALINITY; SOIL; SUGAR CANE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845283867     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0447     Document Type: Article

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