Changes in hydrology and erosion over a transition from grassland to shrubland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-414

  Turnbull, Laura ^a   Wainwright, John ^b   Brazier, Richard E ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Desertification; Ecohydrology; Erosion; Land degradation; Runoff; Soil moisture; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROBLEMS; CONNECTIVITY; CREOSOTEBUSH; ECOHYDROLOGY; EROSION RATES; FINE SEDIMENTS; HILLSLOPES; LAND DEGRADATION; LINEAR TRAJECTORY; LOCAL SCALE; NET EFFECT; NEW MEXICO; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT UPTAKE; RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING POINTS; SEMIARID AREA; SHRUBLANDS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL SCALE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION DETECTORS; DEGRADATION; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DESERTIFICATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; EROSION; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RUNOFF; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 77949592046     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7491     Document Type: Article

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