Landscape-scale changes in plant species abundance and biodiversity of a sagebrush steppe over 45 years

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 531-556

  Anderson, J E ^a   Inouye, R S ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; Ecosystem function and species diversity; Idaho (USA) INEEL; Invasibility; Landscape scale long term data set; Livestock grazing; Precipitation and vegetative cover; Sagebrush steppe; Species richness; Stability; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA;

EID: 0035202401     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0531:LSCIPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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