Effects of land use changes on the dynamics of selected soil properties in northeast Wellega, Ethiopia

SOIL

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 63-70

  Adugna, Alemayehu ^a,b   Abegaz, Assefa ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COVER CROP; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 85001813728     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-63-2016     Document Type: Article

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