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DOI	10.3390/land9110405
	Differences in the Soil Quality Index for Two Contrasting Mediterranean Landscapes in Southern Spain
	Sillero-Medina, Jose A.; Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma; Ruiz-Sinoga, Jose D.
通讯作者	Sillero-Medina, JA
来源期刊	LAND
EISSN	2073-445X
出版年	2020
卷号	9 期号:11
英文摘要	Soil quality indexes (SQIs) are very useful in assessing the status and edaphic health of soils. This is particularly the case in the Mediterranean area, where successive torrential rainfall episodes give rise to erosion and soil degradation processes; these are being exacerbated by the current climate crisis. The objective of this study was to analyze the soil quality in two contrasting Mediterranean watersheds in the province of Malaga (Spain): the middle and upper watersheds of the Rio Grande (sub-humid conditions) and the Benamargosa River (semi-arid conditions). Field soil sampling was carried out at representative sites, and the soils were subsequently analyzed for various edaphic properties in the laboratory. From the resulting data, the mean values have been grouped and reclassified, and, based on a multicriteria evaluation, an SQI for the study region was generated. The results show that there are major differences between the two watersheds, with optimal soil quality values being found in the Rio Grande watershed (very high soil quality-34.26%), but more unfavorable values occurring throughout most of the Benamargosa River watershed (very low soil quality-63.33%). Thus, these results have been subjected to a validation process in the field.
英文关键词	Mediterranean degradation soil quality index climate
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000593311500001
WOS关键词	ORGANIC-CARBON STOCKS ; LAND-USE ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; DESERTIFICATION ; IMPACT ; MATTER
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/327702
作者单位	[Sillero-Medina, Jose A.; Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma; Ruiz-Sinoga, Jose D.] Univ Malaga, Dept Geog, Campus Teatinos, Malaga 29071, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sillero-Medina, Jose A.,Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma,Ruiz-Sinoga, Jose D.. Differences in the Soil Quality Index for Two Contrasting Mediterranean Landscapes in Southern Spain[J],2020,9(11).
APA	Sillero-Medina, Jose A.,Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma,&Ruiz-Sinoga, Jose D..(2020).Differences in the Soil Quality Index for Two Contrasting Mediterranean Landscapes in Southern Spain.LAND,9(11).
MLA	Sillero-Medina, Jose A.,et al."Differences in the Soil Quality Index for Two Contrasting Mediterranean Landscapes in Southern Spain".LAND 9.11(2020).