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Effects of livestock grazing on physical and chemical properties of sandy soils in Sahelian rangelands

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Title Effects of livestock grazing on physical and chemical properties of sandy soils in Sahelian rangelands
 
Creator Hiernaux, P
Bielders, C L
Valentin, C
Bationo, A
Fernandez-Rivera, S
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The effects of 4 years grazing by sheep and goats at various stocking rates on soil surface features, bulk density, organic C, N and P contents and pH were investigated in Sadoré, Niger. Studies were also conducted in a fallow subjected to 9 years of intensive grazing. Although grazing reduced (P
 
Date 1999
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1821/1/JouAridEnv41_3_231-245_1999.pdf
Hiernaux, P and Bielders, C L and Valentin, C and Bationo, A and Fernandez-Rivera, S (1999) Effects of livestock grazing on physical and chemical properties of sandy soils in Sahelian rangelands. Journal of Arid Environments, 41 (3). pp. 231-245.