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CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Financial support was provided by the “Efecto de la cubierta vegetal en el balance hídrico
y en la disponibilidad y calidad del agua propuesta para aumentar la recarga de acuíferos”
Project, funded by the CICYT (ref.: REN2000-0529HID, CGL2004-03627), by the European
Community “AQUADAPT: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development” (EVK1-
2001-00149) and the PROBASE (ref.: CGL2006-11619/HID) and CANOA (ref.: CGL2004-
04919-C02- 01/HID) projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
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