Desertification of Rangelands

Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-258

  Peters, D P C ^a   Bestelmeyer, B T ^a   Havstad, K M ^a   Rango, A ^a   Archer, S R ^b   Comrie, A C ^b   Gimblett, H R ^b   Lopez Hoffman L ^b   Sala, O E ^b   Vivoni, E R ^b   Brooks, M L ^c   Brown, J ^d   Monger, H C ^d   Goldstein, J H ^e   Okin, G S ^f   Tweedie, C E ^g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c United States Geological Survey   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate; Desertification; Dryland ecosystems; Feedbacks; Grasslands; Invasive species; Land management; Land use; Land atmosphere interactions; Shrublands; State change; Thresholds; Water; Wind

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK; LAND USE; WATER; WIND;

CLIMATE; DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND; GRASSLANDS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; SHRUBLANDS; STATE CHANGE; THRESHOLDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84902221065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384703-4.00426-3     Document Type: Chapter

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