Influence of different land uses on soil nitrogen transformations after conversion from an Indian dry tropical forest

Catena

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-223

  Tripathi, Nimisha ^a   Singh, Raj S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alternate land use; Forest ecosystems; Microbial N; Mineral N; N mineralization; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DRY FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSFORMATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 62249104415     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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