Soil erosion in three grazed plant communities in Northeastern Patagonia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 594-603

  Palacio, Romina G ^a   Bisigato, Alejandro J ^a,b   Bouza, Pablo J ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Plant cover; Scales; Soil erosion; Soil superficial types; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

EROSION; TEXTURES; VEGETATION;

LAND DEGRADATION; PAST AND PRESENT; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SCALES; SHEEP GRAZINGS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TEXTURES;

SOILS;

CHUQUIRAGA AVELLANEDAE; NASSAUVIA; NASSELLA TENUIS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 84916881811     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2289     Document Type: Article

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