Selection of Tree Species and Soil Management for Simultaneous Fuelwood Production and Soil Rehabilitation in the Ethiopian Central Highlands

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 665-679

  Tesfaye, Mehari A ^a,c   Bravo Oviedo, Andrés ^b,c   Bravo, Felipe ^a,c   Kidane, Berhane ^d   Bekele, Kassahun ^e   Sertse, Demissew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

^d ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^e ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mixed model; Nitrogen depletion; Survival; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; MANURES; ORGANIC CARBON; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; FUELWOOD PRODUCTION; MIXED MODELING; NITROGEN DEPLETION; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SOIL REHABILITATION; SURVIVAL; TREE GROWTH;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; MODELS; NITROGEN;

ACACIA; ACACIA DECURRENS; CHAMAECYTISUS PALMENSIS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; HAGENIA ABYSSINICA;

EID: 84944581983     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2268     Document Type: Article

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