The beneficial effects of two tree species on soil properties in a semi-arid savanna rangeland in Botswana

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Aweto, A O ^a   Dikinya, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Dept of Environmental Science ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Combretum apiculatum; Peltophorum africanum; Savanna; Soil; Tree canopies

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST SOIL; GRAZING; VEGETATION TYPE;

BOTSWANA;

COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM APICULATUM; PELTOPHORUM; PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM;

EID: 0142215331     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.618     Document Type: Article

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