Detection and analysis of soil erodibility patterns using air photographs of the Avisur Highlands, Israel

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 261, 2000, Pages 127-139

  Shoshany, Maxim ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ecosystem recovery; GIS; Mediterranean ecosystems; Patch dynamics; Remote sensing; Soil erodibility; Source sink processes

Indexed keywords

GIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033281823     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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