Jayne Belnap
United States Geological Survey
310 Papers
2K Citations
Jayne Belnap is an academic researcher from United States Geological Survey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biological soil crust & Soil water. The author has an hindex of 83, co-authored 302 publications. Previous affiliations of Jayne Belnap include Colorado State University & National Park Service.
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Papers
Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought
David D. Breshears,Neil S. Cobb,Paul M. Rich,Kevin P. Price,Craig D. Allen,Randy G. Balice,William H. Romme,Jude H. Kastens,M. Lisa Floyd,Jayne Belnap,Jayne Belnap,Jesse J. Anderson,Orrin Myers,Clifton W. Meyer +13 more
TL;DR: The results quantify a trigger leading to rapid, drought-induced die-off of overstory woody plants at subcontinental scale and highlight the potential for such die-offs to be more severe and extensive for future global-change-type drought under warmer conditions.
Water Pulses and Biogeochemical Cycles in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems
Amy T. Austin,Laura Yahdjian,John M. Stark,Jayne Belnap,Amilcare Porporato,Urszula Norton,Damián A. Ravetta,Sean M. Schaeffer +7 more
TL;DR: The result of the interaction of texture and pulsed rainfall events suggests a corollary hypothesis for nutrient turnover in arid and semiarid ecosystems with a linear increase of N mineralization in coarse-textured soils, but a saturating response for fine- Textured soils due to the importance of soil C and N pools.
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Biological soil crusts : structure, function, and management
Jayne Belnap,O. L. Lange +1 more
- 01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: The volume comprises 33 chapters and is divided into the following eight Parts: Taxonomic Composition, Ecology and Biogeography of Soil-Crust Communities, and Monitoring and Management of Biological Soil Crusts.
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Roads as Conduits for Exotic Plant Invasions in a Semiarid Landscape
Jonathan L. Gelbard,Jayne Belnap +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of road improvement and environmental variables on exotic and native plant diversity in roadside verges and adjacent semiarid grassland, shrubland, and woodland communities of southern Utah (U.S.A.).
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The potential roles of biological soil crusts in dryland hydrologic cycles
TL;DR: The influence of biological soil crusts on these factors depends on their internal and external structure, which varies with climate, soil, and disturbance history as mentioned in this paper, which greatly complicates interpretation of the results, and more studies are needed before broad generalizations can be made on how biological crusts affect infiltration and runoff.
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