Soil physical variability in relation to soil erodibility under different land uses in foothills of siwaliks in N-W India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-197

  Gupta, R D ^a   Arora, Sanjay ^a   Gupta, G D ^b   Sumberia, N M ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (India)

Author keywords

Barren lands; Cultivated lands; Erosion; Foothill soil; Forest; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DISPERSION; ERODIBILITY; FOREST SOIL; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL EROSION;

INDIA;

EID: 77049110573     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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