Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya

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cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-2085-2012
cg.issn1607-7938
cg.issue7
cg.journalHydrology and Earth System Sciences
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES
cg.volume16
dc.contributor.authorNyberg G
dc.contributor.authorBargués Tobella, A.
dc.contributor.authorKinyangi, James
dc.contributor.authorIlstedt, Ulrik
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T12:13:19Zen
dc.date.available2014-08-15T12:13:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/42042
dc.titleSoil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractMuch of the native forest in the highlands of western Kenya has been converted to agricultural land in order to feed the growing population, and more land is being cleared. In tropical Africa, this land use change results in progressive soil degradation, as the period of cultivation increases. Both rates and variation in infiltration, soil carbon concentration and other soil parameters are influenced by management within agricultural systems, but they have rarely been well documented in East Africa. We constructed a chronosequence for an area of western Kenya, using two native forest sites and six fields that had been converted to agriculture for up to 119 yr.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2012-07-13
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNyberg G, Bargués Tobella A, Kinyangi J, Ilstedt U. 2012. Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16:2085-2094.en
dcterms.extentp. 2085-2094
dcterms.issued2012
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0
dcterms.publisherCopernicus GmbH
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectclimateen
dcterms.subjectsoil degradationen
dcterms.subjectdeforestationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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