Impacts of land use/cover change on soil properties in the Mediterranean region of northwestern Jordan

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-407

  Khresat, Sa'eb ^a   Al Bakri, Jawad ^b   Al Tahnan, Ragheb ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Forest; GIS; Jordan; Land use cover change; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

FOREST; GIS; JORDAN; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN;

SOILS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; GIS; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; REFORESTATION; SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 50449083314     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.847     Document Type: Article

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