Effects of slope gradient and changes in land use/cover on selected soil physico-biochemical properties of the Gerado catchment, north-eastern Ethiopia

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-125

  Asmamaw, L B ^a   Mohammed, A A ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Gradient variation; Land use cover; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; DIFFERENT SLOPES; ETHIOPIA; FIELD CAPACITY; GRADIENT VARIATIONS; LAND USE/COVER; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; MEAN VALUES; MUTUAL EFFECTS; ONE-WAY ANOVA; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; SHRUBLANDS; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEEP GRADIENTS; STEEP SLOPE; STEEPER SLOPES; SUSTAINABLE SOIL MANAGEMENT; TOTAL NITROGEN; UNDISTURBED SAMPLE;

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; RUNOFF; SILT; SODIUM;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 84873749008     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2012.751167     Document Type: Article

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