Soil changes induced by rubber and tea plantation establishment: Comparison with tropical rain forest soil in Xishuangbanna, SW China

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 837-848

  Li, Hongmei ^a   Ma, Youxin ^a   Liu, Wenjie ^a   Liu, Wenjun ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental effect; Land use change; Rubber plantation; Slope position; Soil nitrogen; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CULTIVATED LANDS; DRY SEASONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; PH VALUE; RAINY SEASONS; SLOPE POSITIONS; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; TEA PLANTATIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; XISHUANGBANNA;

AGRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RUBBER; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS;

RUBBER PLANTATIONS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST SOIL; LAND TYPE; LAND USE; PLANTATION; RUBBER; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TEA; TOPSOIL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CHINA; CULTIVATED LAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST SOIL; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; LAND USE; LEACHING; PLANTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL; TEA; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HEVEA; NITROGEN; RUBBER; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

LAND USE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; PLANTATIONS; RUBBER; SOIL; TROPICS;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84867577025     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9942-2     Document Type: Article

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