Soil property changes following conversion of acacia woodland into grazing and farmlands in the Rift Valley area of Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Yimer, F ^a   Abdelkadir, A ^a  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Ethiopia; Land conversion; Nutrient dynamics; Semi arid; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; LAND CONVERSION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEMI ARID; SOIL PROPERTIES;

CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; FARMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; DECOMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SATURATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL; WOODLAND;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

ACACIA;

EID: 79960715141     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1022     Document Type: Article

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