Wildfire-resistant biological soil crusts and fire-induced loss of soil stability in Palouse prairies, USA

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Bowker, Matthew A ^a,b   Belnap, Jayne ^a   Rosentreter, Roger ^c   Graham, Bernadette ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Fire ecology; Grasslands; Pigments; Soil stability

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1842583011     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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