Patterns of structural complexity and human disturbance of riparian vegetation in agricultural landscapes of a Mediterranean area

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 495-507

  Corbacho, Casimiro ^a   Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^a   Costillo, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Conservation; Human disturbance; Mediterranean areas; Riparian vegetation; Successional vegetative gradient; SW Spain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0037405564     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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