Analysis of soil and vegetation patterns in semi-arid Mediterranean landscapes by way of a conceptual water balance model
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1 Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, sede di Bari, via De Blasio, 5, 70123, Bari, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Acque e Chimica, Politecnico di Bari, 70125, Bari, Italy 3 Centre for Water Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia * now at: Departments of Geography and Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 220 Davenport Hall, MC-150, 607 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2008