Effect of tree canopy on the spatial distribution of soil nutrients in a Mediterranean Dehesa

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-125

  Gallardo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehesa ecosystem; Effect of tree canopy; Geostatistics; Soil nutrients; Soil organic matter; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CANOPY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0037247663     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00175     Document Type: Article

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