Selective erosion of clay, organic carbon and total nitrogen in grazed semiarid rangelands of northeastern Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-49

  Chartier, M P ^a   Rostagno, C M ^b   Videla, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Desertification; Nutrient losses; Runoff; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Vegetation patches

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESERTIFICATION; GRASS; GRAZING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERLAND FLOW; PATCHINESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84867352648     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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