Indices based on surface indicators predict soil functioning in Mediterranean semi-arid steppes

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-350

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Puche, María D ^a  

^a Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desertification; Landscape function analysis; Soil functioning; Soil indicators; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 60549097667     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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