Functional and structural convergence of temperate grassland and shrubland ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 194-206

  Paruelo, José M ^a,b   Jobbágy, Estebán G ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^b   Burke, Ingrid C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

ANPP; AVHRR NOAA; Ecosystem convergence; Global change; Grasslands; NDVI; Plant functional types; Regional scales; Shrublands; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL TYPE; GRASSLAND; MODELLING; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0344074628     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0194:FASCOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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