Effects of land use and landscape on spatial distribution and morphological features of gullies in an agropastoral area in Sardinia (Italy)

Catena

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 87-95

  Zucca, Claudio ^a   Canu, Annalisa ^b   Della Peruta, Raniero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desertification; Gully cross section; Gully erosion; Land use; Sardinia; Topographic threshold

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DESERTIFICATION; FIELD SURVEY; GULLY EROSION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751167657     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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