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Soil carbon/nitrogen ratio as a site quality index for some South-east Asian forests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

T. Yamakura  and
P. Sahunalu
T. Yamakura
Affiliation:
Department of Biology,Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558, Japan
P. Sahunalu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
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Keywords

carbon/nitrogen ratiosite qualitysoiltree height
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1990 , pp. 371 - 377
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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