On shelterbelt design for combating sand invasion

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Mohammed, A E ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Adam, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desertification; Eucalyptus microtheca; Sand deposition; Sand encroachment; Shelterbelt design; Trees against erosion

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; SHELTERBELT; TREE PLANTING;

SUDAN, GEZIRA;

EID: 0029906035     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(96)01026-2     Document Type: Article

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