Does precipitation variability increase from mesic to xeric biomes?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-154

  Davidowitz, Goggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations to precipitation variability; Desert precipitation; Ecological gradient; Levene's statistic; Precipitation variability; South West USA; Xeric meric gradient

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036215152     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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