Exclosure land management for restoration of the soils in degraded communal grazing lands in northern ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 528-538

  Mekuria, W ^a   Aynekulu, E ^b,c  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Laos)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Exclosures; Field measurements; Native vegetation; Restoration of degraded lands; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; ETHIOPIA; EXCLOSURES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION CANOPY;

FORESTRY; MEASUREMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION;

SOILS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; UPLAND REGION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84890145737     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1146     Document Type: Article

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