Sediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA

Aeolian Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 27-43

  Belnap, Jayne ^a   Reynolds, Richard L ^b   Reheis, Marith C ^b   Phillips, Susan L ^a   Urban, Frank E ^b   Goldstein, Harland L ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drylands; Dust; Global change; Land use; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; DRYLAND FARMING; DUST; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; WIND EROSION;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 71049118169     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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