Short-term effects of fire intensity on soil organic matter and nutrient release after slash-and-burn in Eastern Province, Zambia

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-182

  Ando, Kaori ^a   Shinjo, Hitoshi ^a   Noro, Yoko ^a   Takenaka, Shotaro ^a   Miura, Reiichi ^a   Sokotela, Sesele B ^b   Funakawa, Shinya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zambia Agricultural Research Institute   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Burning effects; C mineralization; fire intensity; N mineralization; semiarid region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902480567     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2014.883487     Document Type: Article

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