Desertification: A case study from Saurashtra region of Gujarat state of India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Pandey, A N ^a   Parmar, T D ^a   Tanna, S R ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Desertification; Physical and chemical properties of soil; Saurashtra region; Semi arid ecoclimate; Soil aggregates

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033363702     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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