Reclaiming the erosion susceptible landscape of the Italian badlands for arable cultivation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 331-346

  Phillips, C P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; BADLANDS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION;

ITALY;

EID: 0032433888     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199807/08)9:4<331::AID-LDR296>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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