Relationships between rock fragment cover and soil hydrological response in a Mediterranean environment

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Zavala, Lorena M ^a,b   JordáN, Antonio ^a,b   Bellinfante, Nicolás ^a,b   GIL, Juan ^a,c  

^a MEDSoil Research Group   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean soils; Rock fragment cover; Run off; Simulated rainfall; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950601367     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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