Aeolian process effects on vegetation communities in an arid grassland ecosystem

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 809-821

  Alvarez, Lorelei J ^a   Epstein, Howard E ^a   Li, Junran ^b   Okin, Gregory S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Arid grassland; Chihuahuan desert; Community changes; Sediment flux; Shrub expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887743366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.205     Document Type: Article

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