Ecosystem consequences of plant life form changes at three sites in the semiarid United States

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 551-563

  Gill, Richard A ^a,b   Burke, Ingrid C ^a  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant invasion; Plant life form; Root distribution; Soil carbon chemistry; Soil depth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0033427908     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050962     Document Type: Article

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