Litterfall and litter nutrient dynamics under cocoa ecosystems in lowland humid Ghana

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Dawoe, Evans K ^a   Isaac, Marney E ^b   Quashie Sam, James ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Decomposition coefficient; Litter quality; Litterfall production; Standing litterstocks

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COCOA; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGNIN; LITTERFALL; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHENOL; PLANTATION; SOIL NITROGEN;

ASHANTI BELT; GHANA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 77950341297     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0173-0     Document Type: Article

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