The stability of vegetation boundaries and the propagation of desertification in the American Southwest: A modelling approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 208, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 91-101

  Mueller, Eva Nora ^a   Wainwright, John ^b   Parsons, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desertification; Ecosystem stability; Jornada; Vegetation boundaries; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; WATER;

DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM STABILITY; JORNADA; VEGETATION BOUNDARIES; VEGETATION CHANGE;

VEGETATION;

DESERTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OVERLAND FLOW; SHRUBLAND; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WATER RESOURCE;

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

EID: 35248883386     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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