Impact of small mammal disturbances on sediment yield from grassland and shrubland ecosystems in the Chihuahuan Desert

Catena

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 285-303

  Neave, Melissa ^a   Abrahams, Athol D ^b  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal disturbance; Biopedturbation; Desert hillslopes; Sediment yield; Surface runoff; Zoogeomorphology

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; EROSION; GRASSLAND; MAMMAL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SHRUBLAND;

MEXICO;

EID: 0035816508     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(01)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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