Myths of slash and burn on physical degradation of savannah soils: Impacts on Vertisols in north Cameroon

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-86

  Obale Ebanga, F ^a   Sevink, J ^b   De Groot, W ^c   Nolte, C ^d  

^a Ctr for Environ/Devmt Studies   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d IITA (Intl Inst for Trop Agric)   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Cameroon; Land use; Shifting cultivation; Stability; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

SAVANNA; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL STABILIZATION; VERTISOL;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0037347816     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2003083     Document Type: Article

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