Soil responses to restoration of a tropical pasture in Veracruz, south-eastern Mexico

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-344

  Tobon W ^a   Martinez Garza C ^b   Campo, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cattle ranching; Grazing; Soil fertility; Soil restoration; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

CATTLE RANCHING; GRAZING; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL RESTORATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

SOILS;

FOREST SOIL; GRAZING PRESSURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFOREST; RANCHING; SEEDLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL REMEDIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTIVES; FERTILITY; FORESTRY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; RESTORATION; SOIL; TROPICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

BOS;

EID: 79960830394     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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