Livestock redistribute runoff and sediments in semi-arid rangeland areas

Solid Earth

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 433-443

  Sarah, P ^a   Zonana, M ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; DEPOSITS; FEEDBACK; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ENHANCED INFILTRATION; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; MOSAIC PATTERNS; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMI-ARID RANGELAND; SURFACE PATCHES;

RUNOFF;

GRAZING; INFILTRATION; LIVESTOCK; OVERLAND FLOW; RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 84928737385     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-6-433-2015     Document Type: Article

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