Savanna land use and its effect on soil characteristics in southern Ethiopia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-76

  Angassa, A ^a,d   Sheleme, B ^a   Oba, G ^b   Treydte, A C ^c   Linstadter A ^d   Sauerborn, J ^c  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burning regime; Enclosures; Grazing pressure; Non settlement lands; Settlement lands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BURNING; CATION; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND USE; LEACHING; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHYTOMASS; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84858001264     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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