Degradation and recovery processes in semi-arid patchy rangelands of Northern Patagonia, Argentina

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 393-399

  Kropfl A I ^a   Cecchi, G A ^b   Villasuso, N M ^a   Distel, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Livestock grazing; Patagonia; Semi arid shrublands; Soil spatial pattern; Vegetation recovery; Vegetation spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; PATAGONIA; SHRUBLANDS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; FIRES; RECOVERY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SOIL TESTING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GRAZING; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILDFIRE;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84880593061     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1145     Document Type: Article

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