An ecosystem approach to combat desertification on the Colorado Plateau

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 233-243

  Clements, Amanda ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Invasive vegetation; Prescribed fire regime; Regeneration of indigenous vegetation; Seedbanks

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

DESERTIFICATION; FIRE SUPPRESSION; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK GRAZING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FORAGE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES HABITAT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; JUNIPERUS; PINUS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

DESERTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORAGE; GRASS LANDS; MOISTURE; PLANTS; SHRUBS; SOIL; TREES;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PINUS EDULIS; POACEAE;

EID: 14944343501     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-004-4024-4     Document Type: Article

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