Rooting depth, water availability, and vegetation cover along an aridity gradient in Patagonia

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-511

  Schulze, E D ^a   Mooney, H A ^b   Sala, O E ^c   Jobbagy, E ^c   Buchmann, N ^d   Bauer, G ^a   Canadell, J ^b   Jackson, R B ^e   Loreti, J ^c   Oesterheld, M ^c   Ehleringer, J R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

13C , 18O , D Isotope composition; Patagonia vegetation; Plant succession; Root distribution; Water

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY GRADIENT; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

ARGENTINA, PATAGONIA;

FAGACEAE; FESTUCA; NOTHOFAGUS; POACEAE; STIPA;

EID: 0030301676     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333727     Document Type: Article

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