Interactions between soil erosion processes and fires: Implications for the dynamics of fertility islands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Ravi, Sujith ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^b   Huxman, Travis E ^a   Collins, Scott L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Resilience; Shrub encroachment; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATIC REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDSCAPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RANGELAND; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; THRESHOLD;

EID: 79960635783     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00053.1     Document Type: Article

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