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Soil Nitrogen Accretion under Different Covers in a Tropical Rain-Forest Environment

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IN the course of an investigation1 of soil fertility-levels in plots on the Faculty of Agriculture farm at University College, Ibadan, total (Kjeldahl) nitrogen accumulation in the upper 16 in. of soil under five different covers over a three-year period was measured.

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ife, Ibadan, Nigeria

    E. O. JAIYEBO

  2. Department of Soil Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    A. W. MOORE

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JAIYEBO, E., MOORE, A. Soil Nitrogen Accretion under Different Covers in a Tropical Rain-Forest Environment. Nature 197, 317–318 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197317b0

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