Saline wetlands' fate in inland deserts: An example of 80years' decline in monegros, spain

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-265

  Dominguez Beisiegel M ^a   Herrero, J ^b   Castaneda C ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Halophytes; Landscape evolution; Natura 2000; Photointerpretation; Salinity; Spain; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

HALOPHYTES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; NATURA 2000; SALINITY; SPAIN;

ARID REGIONS; CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOINTERPRETATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

WETLANDS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; HALOPHYTE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVENTORY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; ORTHOPHOTO; RAMSAR CONVENTION; SALINITY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARAGON; LOS MONEGROS; SPAIN;

EID: 84877250901     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1122     Document Type: Article

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