Glomalin, carbon, nitrogen and soil aggregate stability as affected by land use changes in the humid forest zone in South Cameroon

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 581-592

  Fokom, R ^a   Teugwa Mofor, C ^a   Nana Wakam, L ^a   Ngonkeu Megapche, E L ^a   Tchameni, S ^a   Nwaga, D ^a   Rillig, C M ^b   Amvam Zollo, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorhizal fungi; Glomalin; Soil fertility; Soil stable aggregate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891080574     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1104_581592     Document Type: Article

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