Relationships between water availability carbon isotope discrimination and plant productivity in two semi-arid grass and shrub species

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Laundre J W ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool desert; Sagebrush; South east Idaho; Western wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION; WATER;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON SMITHII; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0032964175     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0469     Document Type: Article

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