Comparison between effects of open grazing and manual harvesting of cultivated summer rangelands of Northern Iran on infiltration, runoff and sediment yield

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 608-620

  Sadeghi, S H R ^a   Vangah, B Ghaderi ^a   Safaeeian, N A ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cultivated rangelands; Infiltration; Iran; Open grazing; Rangeland management; Runoff; Sediment yield; Summer rangelands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; INFILTRATION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

CULTIVATED RANGELANDS; OPEN GRAZING; RANGELAND MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUMMER RANGELANDS;

LAND USE;

GRAZING; HARVESTING; INFILTRATION; RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GILAN; IRAN; MATASH MOUNTAINS; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 37549069758     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.799     Document Type: Article

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