Successional stage of biological soil crusts: An accurate indicator of ecohydrological condition

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 474-482

  Belnap, Jayne ^a   Wilcox, Bradford P ^b   Van Scoyoc, Matthew W ^c   Phillips, Susan L ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; Desert; Dryland hydrologic cycles; Erosion; Infiltration; RHEM; Runoff

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COLORADO PLATEAU; DESERT; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RHEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOILS;

INFILTRATION;

DESERT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INFILTRATION; LAND CLASSIFICATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL CRUST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL EROSION;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879413694     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1281     Document Type: Article

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