A ranking methodology for assessing relative erosion risk and its application to dehesas and montados in Spain and Portugal

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-140

  Shakesby, R A ^a   Coelho, C O A ^b   Schnabel, S ^c   Keizer, J J ^b   Clarke, M A ^a   Lavado Contador, J F ^c   Walsh, R P D ^a   Ferreira, A J D ^b   Doerr, S H ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Dehesa; Land use; Mediterranean; Montado; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RAIN; SOILS;

AESTHETIC QUALITIES;

BIODEGRADATION;

AGROFORESTRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND USE; RANKING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EUCALYPTUS; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 0036494593     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.488     Document Type: Article

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