Infiltration rates, surface runoff, and soil loss as influenced by grazing pressure in the Ethiopian highlands

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Mwendera, E J ^a   Saleem, M A Mohamed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

erosion; Ethiopia; Grazing; highlands; infiltration; runoff; soil; trampling

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HIGHLANDS; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; TRAMPLING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0030619712     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1997.tb00553.x     Document Type: Article

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