Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 941-952

  Weltzin, Jake F ^a   Loik, Michael E ^b   Schwinning, Susanne ^c   Williams, David G ^d   Fay, Philip A ^e   Haddad, Brent M ^b   Harte, John ^f   Huxman, Travis E ^g   Knapp, Alan K ^h   Lin, Guanghui ^c   Pockman, William T ⁱ   Shaw, M Rebecca ^j   Small, Eric E ^k   Smith, Melinda D ^l   Smith, Stanley D ^m   Tissue, David T ⁿ   Zak, John C ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e Natural Resources Research Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

^h KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^j GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Community; Ecosystem; Global change; Precipitation; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141907695     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0941:ATROTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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