Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in arid and semi-arid ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-220

  Schwinning, Susanne ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem structure; Precipitation thresholds; Precipitation variability; Rainfall size

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; REVIEW; SOIL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 6044250563     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1520-8     Document Type: Review

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