Differential use of large summer rainfall events by shrubs and grasses: A manipulative experiment in the Patagonian steppe

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Golluscio, R A ^a   Sala, O E ^a   Lauenroth, W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production; Patagonian steppe; Percolation; Water stress

Indexed keywords

GRASS; PLANT RESPONSE; RAINFALL EVENT; SHRUB;

SOUTH AMERICAN, PATAGONIA;

EID: 0031864334     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050486     Document Type: Article

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