Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: Design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 308-319

  Fay, Philip A ^a   Carlisle, Jonathan D ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^a   Blair, John M ^a   Collins, Scott L ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floristic diversity; Grasslands; Konza Prairie; Life histories; Long term research; Net primary production; Precipitation patterns; Rainout shelters; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033912332     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000028     Document Type: Article

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