Measuring the Condition of Saline Wetlands Threatened by Agricultural Intensification

Pedosphere

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-23

  CASTANEDA C ^a   HERRERO, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

agricultural landscape; desert; irrigation; Monegros; playa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DESERT; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLAYA; SALINITY; WETLAND;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOS MONEGROS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 37349110980     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(07)60098-8     Document Type: Article

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