Effect of fallow length on soil structure, hydraulic properties, and soil organic C in a swidden cultivation system of western Thailand

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Grange, Ian ^a   Kansuntisukmongkol, Kulvadee ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Bulk density; Shifting cultivation; Soil porosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866897212     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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