Multi-scale interactions between soil, vegetation and erosion in the context of agricultural land abandonment in a semi-arid environment

Authors	J.P. Lesschen
Supervisors	J.M. Verstraten
Cosupervisors	L.H. Cammeraat
Award date	26-09-2008
Number of pages	155
Organisations	Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Title page Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Identification of vulnerable areas for gully erosion under different scenarios of land abandonment in Southeast Spain Chapter 3: Development of spatial heterogeneity in vegetation and soil properties after land abandonment in a semi-arid ecosystem Chapter 4: Erosion and terrace failure due to agricultural land abandonment in a semi-arid environment Chapter 5: Upscaling fractional vegetation cover using QuickBird imagery and detailed aerial photographs in a semi-arid environment Chapter 6: Modelling runoff and erosion for a semi-arid catchment based on hydrological connectivity to integrate plot and hillslope scale influences Chapter 7: Synthesis References Summary Samenvatting Resumen Acknowledgements Curriculum Vitae
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