Surface microtopography and soil penetration resistance associated with shrub patches in a semiarid rangeland

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Stavi, Ilan ^a   Ungar, Eugene D ^b   Lavee, Hanoch ^a   Sarah, Pariente ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compaction; Erosion; Intershrub area; Microtopography; Shrubs; Trampling routes

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PENETRATION; RANGELAND; SHRUB; TRAMPLING;

SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 37249031466     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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