Land-use and land degradation processes affecting soil resources: Evidence from a traditional Mediterranean cropland (Greece)

Catena

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-55

  Karamesouti, M ^a   Detsis, V ^b   Kounalaki, A ^a   Vasiliou, P ^a   Salvati, L ^c   Kosmas, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural areas; Crete; Desertification; Land use change; Soil erosion; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CROP PRODUCTION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

GREECE;

EID: 84928724948     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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