The application of the FAO and US soil taxonomy systems to saline soils in relation to halophytic vegetation in SE Spain

Catena

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-84

  Alvarez Rogel J ^a   Ortiz Silla, R ^b   Vela De Oro, N ^b   Alcaraz Ariza, F ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Saline soils; Saltmarsh soils; Semiarid soils; Soil taxonomy; Soil plant relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348202228     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(01)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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