Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: Understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-193

  Schwinning, Susan ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^b   Loik, Michael E ^c   Ehleringer, James R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Impact   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SOIL;

DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 6044235841     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1683-3     Document Type: Editorial

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