Soil organic matter in fire-affected pastures and in an Araucaria forest in South-Brazilian Leptosols

The objective of this work was to evaluate the distribution pattern and composition of soil organic matter (SOM) and its physical pools of Leptosols periodically affected by fire over the last 100 years in South Brazil. Soil samples at 0-5, 5-10, and 10-15 cm depths were collected from the following...

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Main Authors: Mariana da Luz Potes, Deborah Pinheiro Dick, Graciele Sarante Santana, Michely Tomazi, Cimélio Bayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2012-05-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2012000500011&lng=en&tlng=en