Effects of different land use types on infiltration capacity in a catchment in the highlands of Ethiopia

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-349

  Yimer, F ^a,b   Messing, I ^b   Ledin, S ^b   Abdelkadir, A ^a  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Infiltration capacity; Land conversion; Soil moisture; Soil property changes

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CATCHMENT; COMPACTION; DEFORESTATION; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; UPLAND REGION;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56649102294     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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