Retrospective assessment of dryland soil stability in relation to grazing and climate change

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 101-121

  Washington Allen, Robert A ^a,b,d   West, Neil E ^b   Douglas Ramsey, R ^b   Phillips, Debra H ^c   Shugart, Herman H ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic threshold; El Ni o; La Ni a; Landsat; Remote sensing; Soil organic matter (SOM); Soil stability index (SSI); Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; CATASTROPHIC THRESHOLD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DRYLAND; DRYLAND DEGRADATION; EROSION STATUS; FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND MANAGERS; LANDSAT; LANDSAT SATELLITE; LANDSCAPE EROSION; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; PIXEL LEVEL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL STABILITY; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; LAND USE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TIME SERIES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

CATASTROPHE THEORY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EL NINO; GRAZING; LA NINA; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; EL NINO; GRAZING; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STABILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SOIL;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 74349119443     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0661-3     Document Type: Article

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