Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6992, 2004, Pages 651-654

  Huxman, Travis E ^a   Smith, Melinda D ^b,c   Fay, Philip A ^d   Knapp, Alan K ^e   Shaw, M Rebecca ^f   Lolk, Michael E ^g   Smith, Stanley D ^h   Tissue, David T ⁱ   Zak, John C ⁱ   Weltzin, Jake F ^j   Pockman, William T ^k   Sala, Osvaldo E ^l   Haddad, Brent M ^g   Harte, John ^m   Koch, George W ⁿ   Schwinning, Susan ^o   Small, Eric E ^p   Williams, David G ^q  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Natural Resources Research Institute   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

BIOMES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

RAIN; WATER;

BIOME; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DESERT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; LAND BIOME; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN USE EFFICIENCY; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DISASTER; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

RUTA;

BIOMASS; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANTS; POACEAE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER;

EID: 2942587233     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02561     Document Type: Article

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