Rainfall variability, carbon cycling, and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5601, 2002, Pages 2202-2205

  Knapp, Alan K ^a   Fay, Philip A ^a   Blair, John M ^a   Collins, Scott L ^a,b   Smith, Melinda D ^c   Carlisle, Jonathan D ^a   Harper, Christopher W ^a   Danner, Brett T ^a   Lett, Michelle S ^a   McCarron, James K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; STORMS;

TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

RAIN; SOIL WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; RAINFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; KANSAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER;

POACEAE;

EID: 0037073835     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076347     Document Type: Article

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