Evaluating riparian vegetation in semi-arid Mediterranean watercourses in the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-35

  Salinas, M Jacoba ^a   Blanca, Gabriel ^a   Romero, Ana T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Degradation levels; Human activities; Restoration works; Riparian vegetation; Semi arid Mediterranean climate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RIVER; SPAIN; VEGETATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0342369433     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892900000047     Document Type: Article

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