Plant and Soil 249: 343–357, 2003.
© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Printed in the Netherlands.
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Nutrient availability and leaching in an archaeological Anthrosol and a
Ferralsol of the Central Amazon basin: fertilizer, manure and charcoal...
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Plant and Soil 249: 343–357, 2003.
© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Printed in the Netherlands.
343
Nutrient availability and leaching in an archaeological Anthrosol and a
Ferralsol of the Central Amazon basin: fertilizer, manure and charcoal
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Johannes Lehmann1,2,4, Jose Pereira da Silva Jr.
3, Christoph Steiner2, Thomas Nehls2,
Wolfgang Zech2 & Bruno Glaser2
1College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 909 Bradfield Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
2Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography, University of Bayreuth,
95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
3Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, C.
P.
319, 69011-970 Manaus, Brazil.
4Corresponding
author∗
Received 27 February 2002.
Accepted in revised form 4 October 2002
Key words: charcoal, nutrient leaching, organic fertilizer, Terra Preta de Indio
Abstract
Soil fertility and leaching losses of nutrients were compared between a Fimic Anthrosol and a Xanthic Ferralsol
from Central Amazônia
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