Nutrient stocks and phosphorus fractions in mountain soils of Southern Ecuador after conversion of forest to pasture

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 495-510

  Hamer, Ute ^a   Potthast, Karin ^a   Burneo, Juan Ignacio ^b   Makeschin, Franz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Land use change; Phosphorus availability; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic matter; Sulphur; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CAMBISOL; DEGRADATION; ESCARPMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOPSOIL;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84871607219     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9742-z     Document Type: Article

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