Soil nutrients as indicators of desertification in Northern Kenya

摘要：

Introduction Monitoring processes of desertification using nutrient indicators has not been widely reported.Research on desertification is usually concerned with the impacts of agricultural and pastoral production but less on the ecosystem processes ( Tongway & Whitford,2002).A common assumption is that desertification results in loss of soil fertility in the grazing lands.

关键词： degradation gradients desertification Northern Kenya pastoralists settlements

作者: H.Guyo Roba Gufu Oba

作者单位: Noragric,Department of International Environment and Development Studies,Norwegian University of Life Sciences,PO Box 5003,N-1432 As,Norway

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）