Natural regeneration of degraded soils and site changes on abandoned agricultural terraces in Mediterranean Spain

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-188

  Ruecker, G ^a   Schad, P ^a   Alcubilla, M M ^b   Ferrer, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural terraces; Land abandonment; Plant colonization; Soil erosion; Soil regeneration; Spain

Indexed keywords

LAND ABANDONMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REGENERATION; TERRACE;

MEDITERRANEAN; SPAIN;

EID: 0031878794     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199803/04)9:2<179::aid-ldr276>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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