Humus Form Development during Forest Restoration in Exclosures of the Tigray Highlands, Northern Ethiopia KU Leuven Ghent University
Forest restoration in protected exclosures has become a common practice to fight land degradation in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Insights into ecosystem processes governing restoration in these formerly degraded areas are gained through the study of humus forms and factors influencing humus formation during vegetation recovery. Humus forms of 135 sample plots located in different land use types were morphologically described. The ...