Changes in the spatial variation of soil properties following shifting cultivation in a Mexican tropical dry forest

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-113

  Diekmann, Lucy O ^a   Lawrence, Deborah ^b   Okin, Gregory S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Mexico; Shifting cultivation; Soil nutrients; Spatial heterogeneity; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547732931     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9107-1     Document Type: Article

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