Landscape scale of topography-soil-vegetation relationship: Influence of land use and land form

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-17

  Solon, Jerzy ^a   Roo Zielińska, Ewa ^a   Degórski, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Catena; Geobotanical indicators; Land use; Soil toposequence; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CATENA; GEOACCUMULATION; HUMUS; LAND USE; PH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TOPOSEQUENCE; TRANSECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84864777851     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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