Ecohydrological interactions within banded vegetation in the northeastern Chihuahuan Desert, USA

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-71

  McDonald, Alyson K ^a   Kinucan, Robert J ^b   Loomis, Lynn E ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Resource reallocation; Runoff; Semi arid; Sink; Source

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; BANDED PATTERNS; BANDED VEGETATIONS; DOWNSLOPE; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INTERBAND; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; PLANT BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; RESOURCE REALLOCATION; SEMI-ARID; SINK; SOIL SEDIMENTS; SOURCE; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; TOTAL RAINFALLS; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION PATTERNS;

RUNOFF;

ARID REGION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; INFILTRATION; LANDSCAPE; RAINFALL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61649093834     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.40     Document Type: Article

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