Monosoonal precipitation responses of shrubs in a cold desert community on the Colorado Plateau

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-17

  Lin, Guanghui ^a,b   Phillips, Susan L ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colorado plateau; Desert shrubs; Stable isotope ratio; Summer precipitation

Indexed keywords

COLD DESERT; RAINFALL; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

USA, (WEST), COLORADO PLATEAU;

ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; COLEOGNE RAMOSISSIMA; VANCLEVEA STYLOSA;

EID: 0030027486     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334402     Document Type: Article

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