Multi-scale evaluation of soil functional indicators for the assessment of water and soil retention in Mediterranean semiarid landscapes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 332-336

  Mayor, Ángeles G ^a,b   Bautista, Susana ^c  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Landscape function analysis; Mediterranean; Runoff; Sediment yield; Semiarid; Soil surface properties

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMIARID; SOIL SURFACES;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RATING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

INFILTRATION;

BARE SOIL; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL SURFACE; WATER FLOW;

SPAIN;

EID: 84859831889     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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