Prescribed fire effects on erosion parameters in a perennial grassland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-32

  O'Dea, M E ^a,b   Guertin, D Phillip ^a,b  

^a Pacific Southwest Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Sediment yield; Summer rainfall

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIBED BURNING; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037245375     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003877     Document Type: Article

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