Grassland precipitation-use efficiency varies across a resource gradient

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-68

  Paruelo, José M ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^b   Burke, Ingrid C ^b   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gradients; Grasslands; Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Precipitation use efficiency; Primary production; Satellites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033009334     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900058     Document Type: Article

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