Overstory-imposed heterogeneity in solar radiation and soil moisture in a semiarid woodland

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1201-1215

  Breshears, David D ^a   Rich, Paul M ^b   Barnes, Fairley J ^a   Campbell, Katherine ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; Canopy and intercanopy gaps; Juniperus monosperma; Land degradation; Microclimate; Overstory; Pinus edulis; Solar radiation and moisture; Woodland

Indexed keywords

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 0000460278     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1201:OIHISR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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