Eleven years after shrub revegetation in semiarid eroded soils. Influence in soil properties

Geoderma

Volumn 273, Issue , 2016, Pages 106-114

  Bienes, R ^a   Marques, M J ^b   Sastre, B ^a   Garcia Diaz A ^a   Ruiz Colmenero, M ^c  

^a Madrid Institute for Research and Rural Development   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Available water soil holding capacity; Organic matter; Porosity; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; POROSITY; REVEGETATION; SILT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; HOLDING CAPACITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; SHRUBS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POROSITY; REVEGETATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

SPAIN;

ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 84962467002     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.03.023     Document Type: Article

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