Abiotic and biotic recovery pathways of arid rangelands: Lessons from the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Catena

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-15

  Linstädter, Anja ^a,b   Baumann, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground primary production; Environmental indicator; Exclosure; Grazing impact; Morocco; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARID REGION; BIOMASS; DRYLAND FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; RANGELAND; SHRUB; TOPSOIL; VULNERABILITY;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84872398205     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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