Grazing-induced spatial variability of soil bulk density and content of moisture, organic carbon and calcium carbonate in a semi-arid rangeland

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-296

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

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Grazing; Organic carbon; Shrub; Soil moisture; Trampling route

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRAZING; ORGANIC CARBON; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAMPLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 54149112905     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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