Journal of
Ecology and The Natural Environment

  • Abbreviation: J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9847
  • DOI: 10.5897/JENE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 408

Full Length Research Paper

Soil organic carbon stocks in Mount Cameroon National Park under different land uses

Kum Christian Tegha
  • Kum Christian Tegha
  • Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon
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Yinda Godwin Sendze
  • Yinda Godwin Sendze
  • Department of Agronomy and Applied Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
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  •  Received: 28 December 2015
  •  Accepted: 01 March 2016
  •  Published: 31 March 2016

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