Assessing desertification

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 751-763

  Veron S R ^a   Paruelo, J M ^a   Oesterheld, M ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas y Ecologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Desertification; Methodology; Precipitation marginal response; Quantification; Rain use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33646746798     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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