Rainfall erosivity and erodibility of inceptisols in the southwest Colombian Andes

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-101

  Ruppenthal, M ^b   Leihner, D E ^b   Hilger, T H ^b   Castillo F , J A ^a  

^a Ctro Intl de Agricultura Tropical   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 0029780825     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0014479700025904     Document Type: Article

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