Role of litter turnover in soil quality in tropical degraded lands of Colombia

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  León, Juan D ^a   Osorio, Nelson W ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

ACACIA MANGIUM; ACACIA SENEGAL; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANTATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACE MINING; VOLATILIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FORESTS; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84896360596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/693981     Document Type: Article

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