Fixed location rain shelters for studying precipitation effects on rangelands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Svejcar, Tony ^a   Angell, Raymond ^a   Miller, Richard ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridintata; Climate change; Precipitation distribution; Rainout shelters

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIELD METHOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA;

EID: 0032709661     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0514     Document Type: Article

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