Summer and winter drought in a cold desert ecosystem (Colorado Plateau) part II: Effects on plant carbon assimilation and growth

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-78

  Schwinning, S ^a,c   Starr, B I ^b   Ehleringer, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community change; Ecohydrology; Plant growth; Plant reproduction; Seasonal drought effects

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACHNATHERUM HYMENOIDES; BROMUS TECTORUM; CERATOIDES; GUTIERREZIA; GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE; KRASCHENINNIKOVIA LANATA; ORYZOPSIS;

EID: 10344249955     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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