Livestock stations as foci of groundwater recharge and nitrate leaching in a sandy desert of the Central Monte, Argentina

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 600-611

  Meglioli, Pablo A ^a   Aranibar, Julieta N ^a,b   Villagra, Pablo E ^a,b   Alvarez, Juan A ^a,b   Jobbágy, Esteban G ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grazing systems; Land use changes; Prosopis flexuosa woodlands; Shallow groundwater; Soil profiles; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITRATES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAZING SYSTEMS; LAND-USE CHANGE; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA WOODLANDS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL PROFILES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE;

AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE CHANGE; LEACHING; LIVESTOCK; NITRATE; PERCOLATION; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE;

ARGENTINA; MONTE;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA;

EID: 84897541785     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1381     Document Type: Article

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