Soil organic matter quality under different land uses in a mountain watershed of Nepal

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1563-1569

  Shrestha, Bharat Man ^a   Certini, Giacomo ^b   Forte, Claudia ^c   Singh, Bal Ram ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROLYSIS; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESONANCE; SOIL MOISTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS;

ACID HYDROLYSES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CULTIVATED LANDS; CULTIVATED SOILS; IRRIGATED SOILS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MOUNTAIN WATERSHEDS; NMR ANALYSES; RAINFED; RECLAIMED SOILS; SOIL DEPTHS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TWO TYPES;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 56749155026     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0375     Document Type: Article

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