Spatial and temporal soil moisture resource partitioning by trees and grasses in a temperate savanna, Arizona, USA

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-164

  Weltzin, Jake F ^a   McPherson, Guy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Precipitation seasonality; Root depth; Savanna; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL PARTITIONING; TEMPORAL PARTITIONING;

USA, ARIZONA;

FAGACEAE; POACEAE; QUERCUS EMORYI; TRACHYPOGON MONTUFARI;

EID: 0030884169     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050295     Document Type: Article

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