Land degradation in the drylands

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-132

  Dregne, Harold E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Desertification; Overgrazing; Rangelands; Salinization; Semiarid lands; Water erosion; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND FARMING; EROSION; LAND DEGRADATION; RANGELAND; SALINIZATION;

EID: 0036209962     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/153249802317304422     Document Type: Article

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