Soil water property variations in three adjacent land use types in the Rift Valley area of Ethiopia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1067-1071

  Abdelkadir, A ^a   Yimer, F ^a  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Abernosa; Deforestation; Infiltration capacity; Land conversion; Semi arid; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; LAND USE CHANGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERCOLATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 79961004249     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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