Establishment of trees for sand settlement in a completely desertified environment

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-327

  Nasr Al Amin, Nawal K ^a   Stigter, C J ^b,d   Mohammed, Achmed El Tayeb ^c  

^a SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^d TTMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desertification; Drip irrigation; Establishing trees; Sand settlement; Soil conditions

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BUTTERFLY; DESERT; DRIP IRRIGATION; GROWTH; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL; TREE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS; LEPTADENIA; LEPTADENIA PYROTECHNICA; PANICUM TURGIDUM; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SALVADORA PERSICA;

EID: 33750219119     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980600904726     Document Type: Article

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