Soil degradative effects of slope length and tillage method on alfisols in Western Nigeria II. Soil chemical properties, plant nutrient loss and water quality

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-244

  Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Nutrient depletion; Plant nutrient loss; Soil chemical properties; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Soil quality; Solution weathering; Tropical soils; Water quality

Indexed keywords

VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; TROPICAL SOIL; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031397574     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199709)8:3<221::aid-ldr254>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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