Grazing impacts in vegetated dune fields: Predictions from spatial pattern analysis

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-203

  Blanco, Paula D ^a,c   Rostagno, César M ^a   Del Valle, Héctor F ^a   Beeskow, Ana M ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blowouts; Patagonia; Ring statistic; Soil erosion; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DUNE FIELD; GRAZING; LANDSAT; RANGELAND; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VALDES PENINSULA;

EID: 62149151724     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-063.1     Document Type: Article

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