An investigation of the influence of human disturbance on selected soil nutrients in Narok District, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOgutu, Z. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-30T11:40:15Z
dc.date.available2014-01-30T11:40:15Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.descriptionDOI 10.1023/A:1006083011646en_US
dc.description.abstractSelected soil nutrients were analysed purposely to establish whether they display a spatial pattern due to environmental factors and whether the pattern has been affected by human activities. Data analysis involved descriptive and canonical variate analysis. Except for grassland and shrubland sites, mean carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, most base cations and copper in the 0–10 cm depth is low for disturbed sites. Within profile data are closer to each other than to data between profiles, suggesting that the former are chemically similar, and that the combined effects of underlying factors is similar. A two-dimensional ordination using canonical discriminant analysis suggests three soil sample clusters that are largely determined by altitude and moisture gradient. Sample ordination of group means show differences between disturbed and undisturbed forest and grassland site categories, suggesting the overriding role of human disturbance over environmental factors on soil nutrients.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment September 1999, Volume 58, Issue 1, pp 39-60en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2959
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/8876
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishersen_US
dc.subjectcanonical variate analysisen_US
dc.subjecthuman disturbanceen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectNarok Districten_US
dc.subjectordinationen_US
dc.subjectsoil nutrientsen_US
dc.titleAn investigation of the influence of human disturbance on selected soil nutrients in Narok District, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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