Vegetation structure constrains primary production response to water availability in the patagonian steppe

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 952-962

  Yahdjian, Laura ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Lags; Patagonia; Rainfall manipulations; Semiarid ecosystems; Temporal models

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMASS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; WATER;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 33646121755     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[952:VSCPPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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