Impact of wildfire on interdune ecology and sediments: An example from the Simpson Desert, Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Strong, C L ^a   Bullard, J E ^b   Dubois, C ^a   McTainsh, G H ^a   Baddock, M C ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Cyanobacteria; Dust; Fire; Vegetation; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DUNE FIELD; DUST; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE; WIND EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77956228432     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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