Modified topsoil islands within patchy Mediterranean vegetation in SE Spain

Catena

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-44

  Bochet, E ^a,b   Rubio, J L ^b   Poesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Individual plants; Patchy matorral; Plant components; SE Spain; Soil properties; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TOPSOIL;

SPAIN;

ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 0032720977     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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