Distribution of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur in the soil in a multiple habitat system in India

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-189

  Anjan Kumar Prusty, B ^a,b   Chandra, Rachna ^b   Azeez, P A ^a  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^b Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

Author keywords

Keoladeo national park; Macronutrients; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE P; BACKGROUND LEVEL; DEPTH PROFILE; HABITAT TYPE; HERITAGE SITES; LITTER LAYER; MACRONUTRIENTS; MOBILISATION; N:P RATIO; NATIONAL PARKS; S RATIO; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL VARIABLES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THIRD COMPONENT; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL ORGANIC C; TOTAL VARIANCE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PARKS; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; SULFUR;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DETRITUS; DISSOLVED LOAD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; NATIONAL PARK; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFUR; WATERFOWL; WETLAND; WOODLAND;

INDIA; KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 79952813874     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR08087     Document Type: Article

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