Soil organic matter, nutrient cycling and biological dinitrogen-fixation in agroforestry systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-193

  Gama Rodrigues, Antonio C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leguminous trees; Soil enrichment; Soil organic matter fractions

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FUELWOOD; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 79951774150     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9372-9     Document Type: Article

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