Harvest residue effects on soil organic matter, nutrients and microbial biomass in eucalypt plantations in Kerala, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 328, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-149

  Kumaraswamy, S ^a   Mendham, D S ^b   Grove, T S ^b   O'Connell, A M ^b   Sankaran, K V ^a   Rance, S J ^b  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Land use; N mineralization; Soil C, N and P; Soil fertility maintenance; Tropical plantations

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; SOILS;

EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; N MINERALIZATION; N MINERALIZATION RATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; TROPICAL PLANTATIONS;

HARVESTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 84902250136     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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