Runoff and erosion in a pinon-juniper woodland: Influence of vegetation patches

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1869-1879

  Reid, Kevin D ^a,b   Wilcox, Bradford P ^a,c   Breshears, David D ^a   MacDonald, Lee ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EROSION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; VEGETATION;

SEMIARID PINON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS;

SOILS;

RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 0033501287     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.6361869x     Document Type: Article

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