Interrelationships between land abandonment and land degradation: A case from the Ecuadorian Andes

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 274-280

  Harden, Carol P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; EROSION RATE; LAND ABANDONMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SOIL EROSION;

ECUADOR, ANDES;

EID: 0030441530     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673950     Document Type: Article

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