Stable C and N isotope values of selected components of a tropical australian sugarcane ecosystem

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-122

  Spain, A ^a   Le Feuvre, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

C4 species; Harvest residues; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Stable isotopes; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; POACEAE; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ISOTOPE; MULCH; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SUGARCANE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85047679745     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420231     Document Type: Article

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