Soil fertility in relation to slope position and agricultural land use: A case study of umbulo catchment in Southern Ethiopia

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 753-763

  Moges, Awdenegest ^a,b   Holden, Nicholas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Food insecurity; Land use class; Slope position; Soil fertility; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; FOOD INSECURITY; SLOPE POSITION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FERTILIZERS; FIRE HAZARDS; ION EXCHANGERS; LEACHING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS;

LAND USE;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ION EXCHANGE; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; ETHIOPIA; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE; LEACHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, ALKALI; METALS, ALKALINE EARTH; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SOIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 54049088109     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9157-8     Document Type: Article

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