Soil depth as determinant of structural trends in mediterranean grasslands with abundant slaty outcrops

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-16

  Puerto, Ángel ^a   Rico, Mercedes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRASSLANDS; SLATY OUTCROP; SOIL DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0030613606     PISSN: 08629129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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