Long-term oscillations in grassland productivity induced by drought

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 110-120

  Haddad, Nick M ^a,c   Tilman, David ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANPP; Community dynamics; Disturbance; Drought; Litter; Long term research; Nitrogen; Oscillations; Primary production; Synchronous production

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; GRASSLAND; OSCILLATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0036170949     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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