Aeolian and fluvial processes in dryland regions: The need for integrated studies

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 615-622

  Belnap, Jayne ^a   Munson, Seth M ^a   Field, Jason P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Land degradation; Semiarid; Soil erosion; Water; Wind

Indexed keywords

DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES; DRY LAND; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GLOBAL SCALE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGERS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SEMIARID; SOIL EROSION; SOIL RESOURCES; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; TEMPORAL SCALE; WATER EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; DUST; ECOLOGY; EROSION; INTEGRATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER; WIND;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EOLIAN PROCESS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; LAND DEGRADATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053057709     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.258     Document Type: Article

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