Livestock Modify Ground Surface Microtopography and Penetration Resistance in a Semi-Arid Shrubland

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-247

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

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Negev desert; S. spinosum; Soil compaction; Soil erosion; Trampling routes; Water overland flow

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LIVESTOCK; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAMPLING;

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

SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 70349863402     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980903028371     Document Type: Article

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