Impact of grazing on plant species richness, plant biomass, plant attribute, and soil physical and hydrological properties of vertisol in East African highlands

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-289

  Taddese, Girma ^a   Mohamed Saleem, M A ^a   Abyie, A ^a   Wagnew, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Slope; Soil compaction, Infiltration; Soil erosion; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; HYDROLOGY; SOILS;

GRAZING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; VERTISOL;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTISOL; WET DEPOSITION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

ETHIOPIA;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 0036479814     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0014-2     Document Type: Article

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