Effects of different land management techniques on selected topsoil properties of a forest Ferralsol

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Ambassa Kiki, R ^a   Nill, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b Berliner Str 2 64342 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Cameroon; Ferralsol; Land management; Topsoil properties

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0032778548     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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