Conversion of Communal Grazing Lands into Exclosures Restored Soil Properties in the Semi-Arid Lowlands of Northern Ethiopia

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-166

  Mekuria, Wolde ^a  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Laos)

Author keywords

degraded soils; ecological benefits; grazing pressure; lowlands; vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

AGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRAZING PRESSURE; ION EXCHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; OVERGRAZING; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84874470191     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2012.721858     Document Type: Article

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