Soil and economic loss evaluation on small hillside farms in the central mountains of honduras

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-78

  Rivera, Samuel ^a   Ferreira, Oscar I ^b   de Anguita, Pablo Martínez ^c,d   Espinal, Fany M ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National School of Forest Sciences (ESNACIFOR)   (Honduras)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Deforestation; Economic loss; Gis; Honduras; Live barriers; Rainfall; Runoff plots; Soil losses

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC LOSS; GIS; HONDURAS; LIVE BARRIERS; RAINFALL; SOIL LOSSES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; PURCHASING; RAIN; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; GIS; HILL FARMING; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

HONDURAS;

EID: 78751621804     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811003739502     Document Type: Article

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