Deforestation and land use effects on micromorphological and fertility changes in acidic rainforest soils in Venezuelan Andes

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-194

  Vera, M ^a   Sierra, M ^b   Diez M ^b   Sierra, C ^b   Martinez A ^c   Martinez F J ^b   Aguilar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Información y Fomento Agrario   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Fertility changes; Land use effects; Micromorphological changes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

MICROMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; RAINFORESTS;

LAND USE;

ABUNDANCE; ACID SOIL; DEFORESTATION; FOREST SOIL; KAOLINITE; LAND USE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; POROSITY; RAINFOREST; SOIL FERTILITY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ORIBATIDA;

EID: 36448954347     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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