Perspectives on desertification: Western Mediterranean

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-224

  Puigdefábregas, Juan ^a   Mendizabal, Teresa ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; FIRE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RANGELAND; VEGETATION RECOVERY; WATER REGIME;

MEDITERRANEAN;

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 0032104388     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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