Cultivation impacts nitrogen transformation in Indian forest ecosystems

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-243

  Tripathi, Nimisha ^a   Singh, Raj S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Microbial N; N mineralization; Nitrification; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSFORMATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847252425     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-006-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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