Changes in soil properties during long-term fallow and continuous cultivation after forest clearing in Nigeria

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 9-18

  Juo, Anthony SR ^a   Franzluebbers, Kathrin ^a   Dabiri, Adenike ^b   Ikhile, Benson ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Continuous cropping; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS CROPPING; FALLOW SYSTEM; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST CLEARING; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; SLASH-AND-BURN; SOIL PROPERTIES;

NIGERIA;

CAJANUS CAJAN; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0028996026     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(95)00635-4     Document Type: Article

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