Effects of restoration actions on soil and landscape functions: Atriplex nummularia L. plantations in Ouled Dlim (Central Morocco)

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-110

  Zucca, Claudio ^a   Pulido Fernández, Manuel ^b   Fava, Francesco ^a   Dessena, Leonarda ^a   Mulas, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Landscape Function Analysis; LFA; Nutrient cycling; Runoff and infiltration; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; COMPARISON ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE FUNCTION ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS; LFA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; VEGETATION PATTERN;

BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; DESERTIFICATION; FODDER; GRAZING; HABITAT RESTORATION; INFILTRATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SHRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURFACE; VEGETATION COVER;

MOROCCO;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA;

EID: 84880702780     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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