Seed losses by surface wash in degraded Mediterranean environments

Catena

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-83

  Garcia Fayos P ^a   Cerda A ^b  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

badland; erosion; Mediterranean; oldfield; runoff; seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031106307     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(96)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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