Influence of soil properties on the aggregation of some Mediterranean soils and the use of aggregate size and stability as land degradation indicators

Catena

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-67

  Boix Fayos, C ^a,b   Calvo Cases, A ^b   Imeson, A C ^a   Soriano Soto, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate size distribution; Aggregate stability; Soil degradation indicators; Soil structure; Soil texture; Water stable microaggregation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0035907183     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(00)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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