Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Soil Ripping, Seeding, and Fertilization on the Restoration of a Tropical Rangeland

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 226-233

  Kinyua, David ^a,b   McGeoch, Lauren E ^a,c   Georgiadis, Nicholas ^a,d   Young, Truman P ^a,c  

^a MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^b USAID East Africa   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Property and Environment Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; East Africa; Infiltration; Kenya; Laikipia; Overgrazing; Rehabilitation; Ripping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; INFILTRATION; OVERGRAZING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL DEGRADATION;

KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY;

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 77956497016     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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