Lantana invasion alters soil nitrogen pools and processes in the tropical dry deciduous forest of India

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-140

  Sharma, Gyan P ^a   Raghubanshi, A S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dry deciduous forest; Invasive species; Lantana camara L.; Litter; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 67349210346     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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