Soil chemical properties in abandoned Mediterranean cropland after succession and oak reforestation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-65

  Cuesta, B ^a   Rey Benayas, J M ^a   Gallardo, A ^b   Villar Salvador, P ^a   Gonzalez Espinosa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Inorganic nitrogen; Nitrate; Old fields; Quercus ilex; Soil fertility; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIUM; CARBON; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN FOREST; INORGANIC NITROGEN; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; OLD FIELD; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHADING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 81255134278     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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