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Research article
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13 Jul 2012
Research article |
| 13 Jul 2012
Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya
G. Nyberg
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
A. Bargués Tobella
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
J. Kinyangi
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, c/o ILRI, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
U. Ilstedt
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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