Variation of soil and site parameters on extensively and intensively grazed hillslopes in semiarid Cuba

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 152-159

  Wezel, A ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catena; Livestock; Microtopography; Pasture; Shrubs; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

CATENA; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PASTURE; SHRUBS; TOPOSEQUENCE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

HILLSLOPE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERGRAZING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEPTH; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 33745948525     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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