Soil erosion prediction using RUSLE for central Kenyan highland conditions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 295-308

  Angima, S D ^a,d   Stott, D E ^b   O'Neill, M K ^c,e   Ong, C K ^c   Weesies, G A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion modeling; Erosion prediction; Kenya; RUSLE; Soil conservation; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

KENYA; KIANJUKI CATCHMENT;

COFFEA; COFFEA ARABICA; MUSA; MUSA SAPIENTUM; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037632464     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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