Enhancing ethno-pedology: Integrated approaches to Kanuri and Shuwa Arab definitions in the Kala-Balge region, northeast Nigeria

Catena

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-64

  Adderley, W Paul ^a   Simpson, Ian A ^a   Kirscht, Holger ^b   Adam, Mohammed ^c   Spencer, Joel Q ^d   Sanderson, David C W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethno pedology; Manuring; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Shuwa Arab, Kanuri; Soil classification; Soil micromorphology

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LUMINESCENCE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PEDOLOGY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 3543074159     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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