Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya
Much 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...
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2012
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| author | Nyberg G Bargués Tobella, A. Kinyangi, James Ilstedt, Ulrik |
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| description | Much 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace420422024-05-01T08:18:25Z Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya Nyberg G Bargués Tobella, A. Kinyangi, James Ilstedt, Ulrik agriculture climate soil degradation deforestation Much 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. 2012 2014-08-15T12:13:19Z 2014-08-15T12:13:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42042 en Open Access Copernicus GmbH Nyberg 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. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate soil degradation deforestation Nyberg G Bargués Tobella, A. Kinyangi, James Ilstedt, Ulrik Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya |
| title | Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya |
| title_full | Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya |
| title_short | Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya |
| title_sort | soil property changes over a 120 yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western kenya |
| topic | agriculture climate soil degradation deforestation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42042 |
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