Recovery of Soil C and N in a Tropical Pasture: Passive and Active Restoration

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-210

  Roa Fuentes, L L ^a   Martinez Garza C ^b   Etchevers, J ^c   Campo, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Active pasture; Ecological restoration; Experimental plantation; Inactive pasture; Natural restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOILS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

ACTIVE PASTURE; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL PLANTATION; INACTIVE PASTURE; NATURAL RESTORATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BOS; POACEAE;

EID: 84926516604     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2197     Document Type: Article

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