Erosion in the Mediterranean: The case of olive groves in the south of Spain (1752-2000)

Environmental History

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 360-382

  Amate, Juan Infante ^a   González De Molina, Manuel ^a   Vanwalleghem, Tom ^b   Soto Fernández, David ^a   Gómez, José Alfonso ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EVERGREEN TREE; HISTORICAL RECORD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORCHARD; SOIL EROSION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84875694930     PISSN: 10845453     EISSN: 19308892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/envhis/emt001     Document Type: Article

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