Ecosystem responses to changes in plant functional type composition: An example from the Patagonian steppe

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 381-390

  Aguiar, Martín R ^a   Paruelo, José M ^a,b   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Ecosystem atmosphere feedback; Grass; Grazing; Remote sensing; Roughness; Shrub; Water balance

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL TYPE; STEPPE;

ARGENTINA, PATAGONIA;

EID: 0029660507     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236281     Document Type: Article

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