Soil physical quality of Luvisols under agroforestry, natural vegetation and conventional crop management systems in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Geoderma

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2011, Pages 61-70

  Silva, G L ^a   Lima, H V ^b   Campanha, M M ^c   Gilkes, R J ^d   Oliveira, T S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal Rural do Amazonas   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Least limiting water range; S value; Soil penetration resistance; Soil structure; Water retention

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; LEAST LIMITING WATER RANGES; S-VALUE; SOIL PENETRATION RESISTANCE; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER RETENTION;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

AERATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; LUVISOL; PARTICLE SIZE; PENETRATION; ROOTING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER RETENTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 80055053078     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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