The ecology of dust

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 423-430

  Field, Jason P ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b   Breshears, David D ^a,c   Neff, Jason C ^d   Okin, Gregory S ^e   Whicker, Jeffrey J ^f   Painter, Thomas H ^g   Ravi, Sujith ^a   Reheis, Marith C ^h   Reynolds, Richard L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DUST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EOLIAN PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; POLICY MAKING; WIND EROSION;

EID: 77957744386     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090050     Document Type: Review

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