Annual vegetation burns across the northern savanna region of Ghana: Period of occurrence, area burns, nutrient losses and emissions

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-284

  Kugbe, Joseph X ^a,b   Mathias, Fosu ^a,b   Desta, Tamene L ^c   Denich, Manfred ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

^c CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nutrient deposition; Bushfire; Carbon emission; Food security; Land cover; Soil P loss

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; FIRE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRIENT LOSS; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SORPTION; VEGETATION COVER;

GHANA;

EID: 84865517108     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-012-9514-0     Document Type: Article

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