Study on soils under shifting cultivation and other land use categories in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-265

  Biswas, Alake ^a   Alamgir, M ^a   Haque, S M S ^a   Osman, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts; denudation; shifting cultivation; soil degradation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BROWN SOIL; CULTIVATION; FOREST SOIL; HILLSLOPE; LAND USE CHANGE; POTASSIUM; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84860530595     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-011-0216-2     Document Type: Article

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