Water-related ecological impacts of rill erosion processes in Mediterranean-dry reclaimed slopes

Catena

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Moreno de las Heras, M ^a   Espigares, T ^b   Merino Martin L ^b   Nicolau, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation; Restoration; Rill network; Spain; Vegetation; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COAL MINING; COLONIZATION; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GERMINATION; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RECLAIMED LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RILL; RUNOFF; SEED; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER EROSION; WATER STRESS;

SPAIN;

EID: 78651239849     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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