Effects of soil degradation on infiltration rates in grazed semiarid rangelands of northeastern Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 656-661

  Chartier, M P ^a   Rostagno, C M ^b   Pazos, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Desertification; Erosion; Infiltration; Semiarid hydrology; Soil degradation; Vegetation patches

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; INFILTRATION; PATCHINESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

EID: 79952900854     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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