Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of soil microbial respiration in two tropical agroforestry parklands in the south-Sudanese zone of Burkina Faso: The effects of tree canopy and fertilization

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 350-359

  Gnankambary, Z ^a,b   Ilstedt, U ^b,c   Nyberg, G ^b   Hien, V ^a   Malmer, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Faidherbia albida; Microbial respiration; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Vitellaria paradoxa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SOILS;

INDIVIDUAL DIET VARIATION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AGROFORESTRY; ANGIOSPERM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST CANOPY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 36048997844     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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