Calibration and validation of models for short-term decomposition and N mineralization of plant residues in the tropics

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 393-401

  do Nascimento, Alexandre Ferreira ^a,c   Mendonça, Eduardo de Sá ^a,b   Leite, Luiz Fernando Carvalho ^c   Scholberg, Johannes ^d   Neves, Julio Cesar Lima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modeling; Nutrient cycling; Organic agriculture; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870474035     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162012000600008     Document Type: Article

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