Effects of soil texture and precipitation on above-ground net primary productivity and vegetation structure across the Central Grassland region of the United States

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-250

  Lane, Diana R ^a,b   Coffin, Debra P ^a,c   Lauenroth, William K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional type; Grasses; Inverse texture hypothesis; Precipitation gradient; Regional analysis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION; SOIL TEXTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

USA;

EID: 0031839102     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237123     Document Type: Article

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