Controls of grass and shrub aboveground production in the Patagonian steppe

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 541-549

  Jobbágy, Esteban G ^a,b   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production (ANPP); Arid ecosystem; Cold deserts; Patagonia (Argentina); Plant functional types; Primary production; Rangelands; Seasonality; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SENESCENCE; STEPPE;

ARGENTINA; OCCIDENTAL DISTRICT; PATAGONIA;

DIGITARIA CILIARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0343826056     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0541:COGASA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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