Soil-vegetation relationships in semi-arid Mediterranean old fields (SE Spain): Implications for management

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1525-1533

  Canadas E M ^a   Jimenez M N ^b   Valle, F ^a   Fernandez Ondono E ^a   Martin Peinado F ^a   Navarro, F B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Edaphic variables; Environmental gradients; Floristic variables; Plant community; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLORISTICS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OLD FIELD; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ANDALUCIA; BAZA BASIN; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77956230100     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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