A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: Climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-281

  Loik, Michael E ^a   Breshears, David D ^b   Lauenroth, William K ^c   Belnap, Jayne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought duration; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Evapotranspiration; Infiltration depth; Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ECOHYDROLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC STATES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RAIN; SOIL; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 6044271836     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1570-y     Document Type: Review

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