Differential water resource use by herbaceous and woody plant life-forms in a shortgrass steppe community

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-512

  Dodd, M B ^a,c   Lauenroth, W K ^a   Welker, J M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Plant functional types; Selective removal; Shortgrass steppe; Soil water; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HERB; NICHE PARTITIONING; STEPPE; WATER USE; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES MONILIFERA;

EID: 0032411061     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050686     Document Type: Article

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