Regional-scale relationship among biological soil crusts, invasive annual grasses, and disturbance

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Peterson, Eric B ^a,b  

^a Nevada Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Cattle grazing; Cryptogamic crust; Disturbance; Generalized additive models; Great basin ecoregion; Landscape ecology; Microphytic crust; Odds ratio; Sagebrush ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CATTLE GRAZING; CRYPTOGAMIC CRUST; DISTURBANCE; ECOREGIONS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROPHYTIC CRUST; ODDS RATIOS;

SOILS;

CATTLE; ECOREGION; GRASS; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SOIL CRUST; VEGETATION;

GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BOS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84925368180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-2     Document Type: Article

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