Effect of land-use change on soil fertility characteristics within water-stable aggregates of two cultivated soils in northern Iran

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 452-457

  Emadi, Mostafa ^a   Baghernejad, Majid ^a   Memarian, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Alborz mountains range; Land use change; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CULTIVATION; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 56949100646     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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