Grazing impacts on the susceptibility of rangelands to wind erosion: The effects of stocking rate, stocking strategy and land condition

Aeolian Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-99

  Aubault, Hélène ^a   Webb, Nicholas P ^b   Strong, Craig L ^c   McTainsh, Grant H ^a   Leys, John F ^d   Scanlan, Joe C ^e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Dust; Land degradation; Rangeland management; Soil erodibility; Stocking rates

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; ERODIBILITY; GRAZING; LAND DEGRADATION; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; STOCKING DENSITY; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925071287     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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