Soil nutrient stock dynamics and land-use management of annuals, perennials and pastures after slash-and-burn in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes

Quantification of nutrient stocks and their temporal changes are considered of prime importance in farming systems of the humid tropics to answer the question of sustainable management. The research area in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes included forest, annual (0-5 years old) and different aged pere...

• Main Author: Chamba Zaragocin, D. (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: chronosequence; land; use change; low; external; input management; soil nutrient depletion; soil organic carbon; tropical soils
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.03.005; http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19140