Erodibility of soils of the upper rainforest zone, southeastern Nigeria

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-334

  Igwe, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clay dispersion ratio; Erodibility; Nigeria; Rainforest; Soil conservation; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; TEXTURES;

EROSION CONTROL;

SOILS;

RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0037669864     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.554     Document Type: Article

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