Sustainable land management practices as providers of several ecosystem services under rainfed Mediterranean agroecosystems

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1029-1043

  Almagro, M ^a   de Vente, J ^a   Boix Fayos, C ^a   Garcia Franco N ^a   Melgares de Aguilar, J ^b   Gonzalez D ^b   Sole Benet A ^c   Martinez Mena M ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b Edificio Centro   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almond orchards; Carbon loss by erosion; Carbon sequestration; Crop yield; Green manure; Organic agriculture; Runoff; Semiarid; Soil aggregation; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREEN MANURING; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC FARMING; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84890352537     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9535-2     Document Type: Article

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