The paper reviews and discusses criteria and indicators of forest soils while distinguishing the difference between forest soils and other soils. It proposes some indicators of the soil organic matter content as relates to slash-and-burn agriculture and other alternative land uses. It focuses on these indicators and gives a scientific rationale, a suggested protocol for assessment and reviews the data available for interpreting results.
Publication year
1998
Authors
Hairiah D K; Woomer P L; Murdiyarso D M; Van Noordwijk M
Language
English
Keywords
forest soils, land use, shifting cultivation, soil, soil organic matter
Geographic
Indonesia
