Soil organic C and nutrient contents under trees with different functional characteristics in seasonally dry tropical silvopastures

Plant and Soil

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 643-659

  Casals, Pere ^a   Romero, Johanna ^b   Rusch, Graciela M ^c   Ibrahim, Muhammad ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Legume functional group; Silvopastoral systems; Soil nutrient stocks; Tree leaf traits; Tree grass interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEGUME; PASTURE; SEASONALITY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84890867274     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1884-9     Document Type: Article

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