Concentrations of exchangeable bases and cation exchange capacity in soils of cropland, grazing and forest in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1298-1302

  Yimer, Fantaw ^a,b   Ledin, Stig ^b   Abdelkadir, Abdu ^a  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Land conversion; Land degradation; Nutrient dynamics; Nutrient loss; Soil property changes

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SOILS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; DEFORESTATION; ETHIOPIA; GRAZING LANDS; LAND CONVERSION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGES; NATIVE FORESTS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY CHANGES;

PH EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARABLE LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; ION EXCHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SOIL NUTRIENT;

AFRICA; BALE MOUNTAINS; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 49949118476     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.047     Document Type: Article

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