Effects of grazing on leaf area index, fractional cover and evapotranspiration by a desert phreatophyte community at a former uranium mill site on the Colorado Plateau

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-104

  Bresloff, Cynthia J ^a   Nguyen, Uyen ^a   Glenn, Edward P ^a   Waugh, Jody ^b   Nagler, Pamela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SM Stoller Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Landsat; MODIS; Phytoremediation; Quickbird; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFATE; URANIUM;

DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDSAT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLUME; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRACTIONAL COVER; GRAZING; LEAF AREA; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PHREATOPHYTE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; REMOTE SENSING; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; SHRUB; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 84870673988     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.026     Document Type: Article

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