Land abandonment, landscape evolution, and soil erosion in a Spanish Mediterranean mountain region: The case of Camero Viejo

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 537-550

  Arnaez, J ^a   Lasanta, T ^b   Errea, M P ^b   Ortigosa, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural abandonment; Landscape evolution; Mediterranean mountains; Soil erosion; Spain; Terraces

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ABANDONMENTS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS; SOIL EROSION; SPAIN; TERRACES;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PLANT EXPANSION; SOILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABANDONED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION RATE; GIS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOIL EROSION;

SPAIN;

EID: 81855210964     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1032     Document Type: Article

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