The effects of soil moisture variability on the vegetation pattern in Mediterranean abandoned fields (Southern Spain)

Catena

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Ruiz Sinoga, J D ^a   Martinez Murillo J F ^a   Gabarron Galeote M A ^a   Garcia Marin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandoned field; Hydrological connectivity; Mediterranean; Resilience; Soil moisture; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION COVER;

SPAIN;

EID: 79551559535     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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