Indication of antagonistic interaction between climate change and erosion on plant species richness and soil properties in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems

Ponencia presentada en el 11th European Ecological Congress celebrado en Leipzig (Alemania) del 15 al 19 septiembre de 2008

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