The influence of climate, soils, weather, and land use on primary production and biomass seasonality in the US Great Plains

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 934-950

  Bradford, John B ^a,c,d   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a   Paruelo, Jose M ^b  

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

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon; Climate; Cropping; Grassland; Land use; Primary production; Seasonality; Soil; US Great Plains; Weather

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROPPING PRACTICE; LAND USE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEXTURE; WEATHER;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750241706     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0164-1     Document Type: Article

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