Pedogenesis and root development in a complex geomorphologic setting of the Faroe Islands

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 293-314

  Veihe, Anita ^a   Thers, Mie ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basaltic soils; Faroe Islands; Pedogenesis; Root development; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DECOMPOSITION; HUMIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WIND EROSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 33847303663     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620601172266     Document Type: Article

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