Assessment of certain soil properties related to different land-use systems in the Kaya watershed of the humid forest zone of Cameroon

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Nkana, J C Voundi ^a,b   Tonye, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Acid soils; Cameroon; Humid forest; Land use systems; Lime requirement; Management options; Particle size distribution; Phosphorus requirement; Soil chemical properties

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY;

LAND USE;

FOREST SOIL; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

CAMEROON;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0037284894     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.519     Document Type: Article

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