Adequacy of contrasting sampling methods for root mass quantification in a slash-and-burn agroecosystem in the eastern periphery of Amazonia

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 851-859

  de Sousa, João Thiago Rodrigues ^a   Gehring, Christoph ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coarse roots; Fine roots; Monolith; Root auger; Root biomass; Sampling scheme; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINE ROOT; MONOCOTYLEDON; OPTIMIZATION; REGROWTH; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL DEPTH; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONIA;

ORBIGNYA BARBOSIANA;

EID: 77957140620     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0490-8     Document Type: Article

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