Soil erosion and runoff in different vegetation patches from semiarid Central Mexico

Catena

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-169

  Vásquez Méndez, Rebeca ^a   Ventura Ramos, Eusebio ^a   Oleschko, Klaudia ^b   Hernández Sandoval, Luis ^a   Parrot, Jean Francois ^c   Nearing, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry lands; Runoff; Soil erosion; Vegetation patches

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CANOPY; DIGITAL IMAGE; GROUND COVER; INFILTRATION; LEGUME; ORGANIC MATTER; PATCHINESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA FARNESIANA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA IMBRICATA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA;

EID: 73649143475     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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