Surface runoff and seed trapping efficiency of shrubs in a regenerating semiarid woodland in northern Ethiopia

Catena

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-70

  Aerts, Raf ^a,b   Maes, Wouter ^a   November, Eva ^a,b   Behailu, Mintesinot ^b   Poesen, Jean ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

African wild olive; Erosion; Exclosure; Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata; Seed displacement; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ETBAICA; AVES; CUSPIDATA; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEA EUROPAEA VAR. SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 32044435873     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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