Patterns of production and precipitation-use efficiency of winter wheat and native grasslands in the central Great Plains of the United States

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 344-351

  Lauenroth, William K ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a   Paruelo, Jose M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production; Grasslands; Precipitation use efficiency; Summer fallow rotation system; Summer fallow wheat management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033862605     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000031     Document Type: Article

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