Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics during runoff events over a transition from grassland to shrubland in the south-western United States

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  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

Desertification; Land degradation; Nitrogen; Nutrient budgets; Phosphorus; Runoff

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; EROSION RATES; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; HILLSLOPES; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURAL RUNOFF; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEW MEXICO; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; P CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS; RAINFALL EVENT; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SHRUBLANDS; SPATIAL SCALE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

NUTRIENTS;

DESERTIFICATION; EROSION RATE; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; LAND DEGRADATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SHRUBLAND;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650403951     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7806     Document Type: Article

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