Soil development along an altitudinal transect in a Bolivian tropical montane rainforest: Podzolization vs. hydromorphy

Catena

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Schawe, Marcus ^a   Glatzel, Stephan ^a   Gerold, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal change; Bolivia; Hydromorphy; Podzolization; Sesquioxides; Tropical montane rainforest

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLOUD FOREST; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; OXIDE; PEDOGENESIS; PH; PODZOL; PODZOLIZATION; RAINFOREST; SOIL PROFILE; TRANSECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846628606     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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