Decomposition and nutrient release from litter fall in the semi-arid tropics of Sudan

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 2359-2377

  Mubarak, A R ^a   Elbashir, A A ^a   Elamin, L A ^a   Daldoum, D M A ^a   Steffens, D ^b   Benckiser, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litter; Nutrient change; Semi arid; Sudan

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; LEACHING; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANTATION; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MICROTHECA; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 50149089220     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620802292574     Document Type: Article

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