Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 704-718

  Patrick, Lisa ^a   Cable, Jessica ^b   Potts, Daniel ^b   Ignace, Danielle ^b   Barron Gafford, Greg ^b   Griffith, Alden ^c   Alpert, Holly ^c   Van Gestel, Natasja ^a   Robertson, Traesha ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^b   Zak, John ^a   Loik, Michael E ^c   Tissue, David ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua curtipendula; Chihuahuan Desert; Dasylirion leiophyllum; Ecosystem fluxes; Precipitation manipulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; WATER;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL RESPIRATION; TRANSPIRATION;

AGAVACEAE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

AGAVACEAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEXAS; WATER;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; DASYLIRION; DASYLIRION LEIOPHYLLUM; POACEAE;

EID: 33947309702     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0621-y     Document Type: Article

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