Changes in Agricultural Land Use Affecting Future Soil Redistribution Patterns: A Case Study in Southern Tuscany (Italy)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 574-586

  Debolini, Marta ^a,b   Schoorl, Jeroen M ^c   Temme, Arnaud ^c   Galli, Mariassunta ^a   Bonari, Enrico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UAPV   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CLUE S model; Landscape dynamics; Landscape functions; LAPSUS model; Mediterranean agricultural lands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EXTRAPOLATION; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; CLUE-S MODELS; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

LAND USE;

EID: 84938985976     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2217     Document Type: Article

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