Evidence of Strong Land Degradation by Wind Erosion as a Result of Rainfed Cropping in the Algerian Steppe: A Case Study at Laghouat

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1788-1796

  Houyou, Zohra ^a   Bielders, Charles L ^b   Benhorma, Hadj Aissa ^a   Dellal, Abdelkader ^c   Boutemdjet, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGHOUAT   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; land use change; rainfed cropping; steppe; wind erosion

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; RAIN; SOILS; WIND;

ALGERIA; LAND-USE CHANGE; RAINFED; STEPPE; WIND EROSIONS;

EROSION;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 84905310254     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2295     Document Type: Article

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