Changes in soil physical properties after conversion of tropical montane cloud forest to pasture in northern Costa Rica

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 502-515

  Tobon C ^a   Bruijnzeel, L A ^b   Frumau, K F ^b   Calvo Alvarado, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

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EID: 84933517672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.054     Document Type: Chapter

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