Carbon changes following the establishment of exclosure on communal grazing lands in the Semi-Arid Lowlands of Tigray, Ethiopia

Climate Change Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 111-131

  Mekuria, Wolde ^a,b   Veldkamp, Edzo ^b   Corre, Marife D ^b   Haile, Mitiku ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground carbon; Ethiopia; Semi arid lowlands; Soil carbon; Tigray

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874470800     PISSN: 16102002     EISSN: 16102010     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22315-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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