On the spatial pattern of soil nutrients in desert ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 364-374

  Schlesinger, William H ^a   Raikks, Jane A ^a   Hartley, Anne E ^a   Cross, Anne F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Bouteloua eriopoda; Bromus tectorum; Chihuahuan Desert; Desert soils; Desert vegetation; Desertification; Geostatistics; Great Basin Desert; Larrea tridentata; Mojave Desert; Nitrogen cycling; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; POACEAE; TRIDENTATA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

DESERT ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL PATTERN;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MOJAVE DESERT; USA, NEW MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0030418735     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265615     Document Type: Article

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