Chronosequence analysis of two enclosure management strategies in degraded rangeland of semi-arid Kenya

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 332-339

  Verdoodt, Ann ^a   Mureithi, Stephen M ^a,b   Ye, Liming ^a   Van Ranst, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Enclosures; Rehabilitation; Semi arid rangeland; Soil quality; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NJEMPS FLATS; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56549093847     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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