Modifying the 'pulse-reserve' paradigm for deserts of North America: Precipitation pulses, soil water, and plant responses

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-210

  Reynolds, James F ^a   Kemp, Paul R ^b   Ogle, Kiona ^a,d   Fernández, Roberto J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent soil moisture; Primary production; Simulation model; Storms

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6044250564     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1524-4     Document Type: Article

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