Research Catalog

Title

Carbon and nutrient dynamics in natural and agricultural tropical ecosystems / edited by L. Bergström and H. Kirchmann.

Publication

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cab International, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bergström, L.
• Kirchmann, H. (Holger)

Description

x, 319 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Crops and soils > Congresses
• Soil fertility > Congresses
• Soils > Carbon content > Congresses
• Soils > Nitrogen content > Congresses
• Agricultural ecology > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• The product of a symposium held at the University of Zimbabwe in May 1996.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine derived contents note: Part I: Nutrient dynamics in soil -- 1. Organic-matter turnover in tropical land-use systems, H. Tiessen and C. Shang -- 2. Organic carbon and plant nutrients in soils under maize in Chinamhora Communal Area, Zimbabwe, L.M. Mugwira and J. Nyamangara -- 3. Isotopic composition of organic carbon in some soils of semiarid Africa, G.P. Warren and J.A. Meredith -- 4. Tropical legumes: providers and plunderers of nitrogen, K.E. Giller -- 5. The role of legume quality in soil carbon dynamics in savannah ecosystems, G. Cadisch, O.C. de Oliveira, R. Cantarutti, E. Carvalho and S. Urquiaga -- 6. Water-dispersible clay in aggregates of forest and cultivated soils in southern Nigeria in relation to organic-matter constituents, J.S.C. Mbagwu and A. Piccolo -- Part II: Decomposition of crop residues -- 7. The use of tree prunings as sources of nitrogen for maize (Zea mays L.), P.L. Mafongoya and B.H. Dzowela -- 8. Crop and soil recovery of nitrogen from Nitrogen-15-labelled maize (Zea mays L.) residue, W. Kamukondiwa, P.G.H. Frost and L. Bergstrom -- 9. Use of coffee-husks as an organic amendment to improve soil fertility in Ugandan banana production, D.P. Bwamiki, J.Y.K. Zake, M.A. Bekunda and P.L. Woomer -- 10. Root decomposition, nitrogen release and effects on maize production, E.L. Risasi, G. Tian, B.T. Kang and E.E. Opuwaribo -- 11. Assessment of plant-litter quality related to short-term carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soil, F. Mtambanengwe, C. Chivaura-Mususa and H. Kirchmann -- Part III: Tree-soil-crop interactions in agroforestry systems -- 12. Influence of savannah trees and shrubs on understorey grasses and soils: new directions in research, A.J. Belsky and R.G. Amundson -- 13. Tree-soil-crop interactions in sequential and simultaneous agroforestry systems, M. van Noordwijk, K. Hairiah, B. Lusiana and G. Cadisch -- 14. The influence of scattered Parinari curatellifolia and Acacia sieberana trees on soil nutrients in a grassland pasture and in arable fields, C.C. Chivaura-Mususa and B.M. Campbell -- Part IV: Ecosystem dynamics -- 15. Comparative ecosystem characteristics in a Miombo woodland and an adjacent agricultural field (Zimbabwe), B.M. Campbell, M.J. Swift, P.G.H. Frost and J. Kirchmann -- 16. Simulation of nitrogen leaching and plant uptake in the maize root zone under rain-fed conditions in Malawi, A.R. Saka, J.D.T. Kumwenda, P.S.C. Rao and R.E. Jessup -- Part V: Reflections on present and future agriculture in the tropics -- 17. Investigating soil fertility in Africa: some reflections from research in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, I. Scoones -- 18. Advocating choice: options for soil-fertility management on small-scale farms of the eastern Zambian Plateau, T. Raussen -- 19. Towards an analytical framework for land-use change, D.J. Campbell -- 20. Ten years of soil biology and fertility research: where next?, M.J. Swift.

ISBN

0851992188 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97033649^

OCLC

• 37418324
• SCSB-10140390

Owning Institutions

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