A chromatographic approach to the diagnosis of humus quality and some implications for forest management

Understanding forest humus is seen as an important aspect of sound forest management. A method using paper chromatography, developed by Pfeiffer is examined as a diagnostic approach to the nature and dynamics of forest humus. Chromatograms are prepared from a sodium hydroxide extract of humus. On a...

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Main Author: Laird, Robert Morris
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24713