Water sources and nitrogen relations of grasses and shrubs in phreatophytic communities of the Great Basin Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1581-1593

  Pataki, D E ^a   Billings, S A ^b   Naumburg, E ^c   Goedhart, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Glorieta Geoscience Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Halophytes; Hydrologic change; Stable isotopes; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOHYDROLOGY; GRASS; HALOPHYTE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER RELATIONS; WOOD;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 45449111939     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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