Multi-scale variability in soil aggregate stability: Implications for understanding and predicting semi-arid grassland degradation

Geoderma

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 106-118

  Bird, Simon B ^a   Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Wander, Michelle M ^b   Murray, Leigh ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early warning indicator; Rangeland degradation; Soil carbon; Soil heterogeneity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CARBON; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EARLY WARNING INDICATORS; RANGELAND DEGRADATION; SOIL CARBONS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ERODIBILITY; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL STRUCTURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249293646     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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