Land degradation in the Mediterranean Basin: Linking bio-physical and economic factors into an ecological perspective

Biota

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-77

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Zitti, Marco ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Demography; Ecological indicators; Land degradation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRE; LAND DEGRADATION; SALINIZATION; SOIL EROSION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33747486236     PISSN: 15804208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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