Patch structure, dynamics and implications for the functioning of arid ecosystems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Aguiar, Martín R ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LANDSCAPING; NUTRIENT; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WIND;

EID: 0033168083     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01612-2     Document Type: Review

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