Post-fire resource redistribution in desert grasslands: A possible negative feedback on land degradation

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 434-444

  Ravi, Sujith ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^b   Wang, Lixin ^c   White, Carleton S ^d   Okin, Gregory S ^e   Macko, Stephen A ^b   Collins, Scott L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drylands; Fire; Land degradation; Shrub encroachment; Soil erosion; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; FIRE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND DEGRADATION; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; WOODY PLANT;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 63149113306     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9233-9     Document Type: Article

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