Legacy effects in linked ecological-soil-geomorphic systems of drylands

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-19

  Monger, Curtis ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^b   Duniway, Michael C ^c   Goldfus, Haim ^d   Meir, Isaac A ^d   Poch, Rosa M ^e   Throop, Heather L ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^f  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRYLAND FARMING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961288648     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140269     Document Type: Review

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