Fire and grazing effects on wind erosion, soil water content, and soil temperature

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1559-1565

  Vermeire, Lance T ^a   Wester, David B ^b   Mitchell, Robert B ^c   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BURNED PATCHES; SELECTIVE GRAZING; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WIND EROSION;

WIND EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BURN; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIRE; GRAZING; PERCOLATION; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPRING; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER HOLDING; WIND EROSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRES; OKLAHOMA; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WIND;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 25844437406     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0006     Document Type: Article

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