Nutrient losses by wind and water, measurements and modelling

Catena

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Visser, S M ^a   Stroosnijder, L ^a   Chardon, W J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modelling; Nutrients; Water erosion; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26944448186     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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