Soil degradative effects of slope length and tillage methods on alfisols in Western Nigeria. III. Soil physical properties

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-342

  Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Available water capacity; Erosion; Infiltration rate; Soil bulk density; Soil degradation; Soil physical quality; Soil structure; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; BULK DENSITY; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; LAND DEGRADATION; SLOPE LENGTH; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL STRUCTURE; TEXTURE; TILLAGE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031447653     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199712)8:4<325::AID-LDR265>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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