Productivity and species richness in an arid ecosystem: A long-term perspective

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Cox, Stephen B ^a   Bloch, Christopher P ^a   Stevens, Richard D ^b   Huenneke, Laura F ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystem; Productivity; Quantile regression; Species richness; Unimodal

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; ECOLOGY; PLANT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747070194     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9107-6     Document Type: Article

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