Restoration of ecosystem carbon stocks following exclosure establishment in communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 246-256

  Mekuria, Wolde ^a   Veldkamp, Edzo ^a   Corre, Marife O ^a   Haile, Mitiku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CLAY CONTENT; COMMUNAL GRAZING; ETHIOPIA; GRAZING LAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; SEMIARID AREA; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; VEGETATION CANOPY; WOODY BIOMASS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; RESTORATION;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GRAZING; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 78751510795     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0176     Document Type: Article

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