Secondary succession of semi-arid Mediterranean old-fields in south-eastern Spain: Insights for conservation and restoration of degraded lands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-233

  Bonet, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Dispersal; Functional groups; Land use; Ordination; Restoration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 0346401753     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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