Desertification and biopedturbation in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Jackson, Erik C ^a,b   Krogh, Sonya N ^b   Whitford, Walter G ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopedturbation; Chihuahuan Desert; Desertification; Rangeland condition indicators; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DESERTIFICATION; DISTURBANCE; RANGELAND; SOIL SURFACE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037214871     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1022     Document Type: Article

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