The soil surface characteristics of vegetation stripes in Northern Mexico and their influences on the system hydrodynamics. An experimental approach

The significance of soil, water and landscape processes in banded vegetation patterning

Auteurs :
JANEAU, J.L.
MAUCHAMP, A.
TARIN, G.
VALENTIN, C.

Description :
To characterise the spatial variability of the soil surface features and their role in the hydrodynamics of the vegetation stripes, the AA. first described them along a transect perpendicular to the main axis of a stripe together with the detailed topography. The study was conducted in the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Chihuahuan desert, Mexico). The transect crossed a bare zone and the pioneer, central and senescence zones of a stripe. Rainfall simulations were then used to analyse the relationship between these soil surface features and infiltration and runoff.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 1999, vol. 37, n°. 1-2, p. 165-173, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 23 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena