Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2085-2094

  Nyberg, G ^a   Bargues Tobella A ^a   Kinyangi, J ^b   Ilstedt, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Climate Change   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; BULK DENSITY; CHRONOSEQUENCES; EAST AFRICA; INFILTRATION RATE; INITIAL VALUES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LAND-USE CHANGE; MICROAGGREGATES; NATIVE FORESTS; NATURAL FORESTS; SOIL CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY CHANGES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEADY-STATE INFILTRATION;

CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; SOILS;

INFILTRATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CULTIVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION; CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; INFILTRATION; KENYA; SOIL;

KENYA;

EID: 84863831080     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2085-2012     Document Type: Article

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