Role of biological soil crusts in desert hydrology and geomorphology: Implications for military training operations

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 177-186

  Warren, Steven D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; RECOVERY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER REDISTRIBUTION;

STABILIZATION;

EID: 84908687034     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.4122(16)     Document Type: Article

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