Comparison of floristic changes on vegetation affected by different levels of soil erosion in Miocene clays and Eocene marls from Northeast Spain

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-93

  Guerrero Campo, Joaquín ^a,b   Montserrat Martí, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phanerogam cover; Plant community; Soil degradation; Species number; Vegetation degeneration; Vegetation regression

Indexed keywords

CLAY; MARL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3543016204     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026331.85303.c8     Document Type: Article

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