VARIATIONS IN SOIL PROPERTIES AS AFFECTED BY DEFORESTATION ON LOESS-DERIVED HILLSLOPES OF GOLESTAN PROVINCE, NORTHERN IRAN

Deforestation and shift of land use to agriculture, is of great concern in Golestan Province andhas brought hazardous problems of flooding, landslide and soil loss. Soil organic carbon, totalnitrogen content, available phosphorous and potassium, calcium carbonate content, thicknessof A horizons and...

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Published in:	Sociedade & Natureza
Main Authors:	Farhad Khormali, Reza Ghorbani, Rahim Amoozadeh Omrani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2005-05-01
Subjects:	Deforestation land use change loess Iran
Online Access:	http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=1421&article=706&mode=pdf