A model-based integrated assessment of land degradation by water erosion in a valuable Spanish rangeland

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-213

  Ibanez J ^a   Contador, J F Lavado ^b   Schnabel, S ^b   Fernández, M Pulido ^b   Valderrama, J Martínez ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehesa rangeland; Integrated assessment model; Land degradation; Soil erosion; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894045965     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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