Variations in soil organic carbon and litter decomposition across different tropical vegetal covers

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1051-1060

  Dinakaran, J ^a   Krishnayya, N S R ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Physical fractionation; Soil organic carbon; Soil respiration; Tropical vegetal cover

Indexed keywords

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 78249271702     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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