Land use and soil conservation strategies for potentially highly erodible soils of central-eastern Nigeria

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-434

  Igwe, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Environment; Land use; Nigeria; Soil conservation; Soil loss; Soil loss tolerance

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; LAND USE; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033389452     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199909/10)10:5<425::AID-LDR338>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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