The Effect of Water and Soil Conservation (WSC) on the Soil Chemical, Biological, and Physical Quality of a Plinthosol in Niger

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 773-783

  Wildemeersch, Jasmien C J ^a   Garba, Maman ^b   Sabiou, Mahamane ^b   Sleutel, Steven ^a   Cornelis, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

Author keywords

Drought; Land degradation; Niger; Soil quality; Water and soil conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; DEGRADATION; DETERIORATION; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MANURES; ORGANIC CARBON; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL QUALITY;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; NIGER; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WATER AND SOIL CONSERVATIONS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DROUGHT; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WATER; WATER QUALITY;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84945448312     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2416     Document Type: Article

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