Are There Arid Land Soilscapes in Southwestern Europe?

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 853-862

  Ibáñez, Juan José ^a   Pérez Gómez, Rufino ^b   Oyonarte, Cecilio ^c   Brevik, Eric C ^d  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d Department of Natural Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Almer a province; Arid lands; Pedodiversity; Soil landscape; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SOILS;

ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION; ARID LANDS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; NESTED SUBSET ANALYSIS; PEDODIVERSITY; SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; PEDOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COVER; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; TABERNAS DESERT;

EID: 84945969483     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2451     Document Type: Article

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