Primary production dynamics and climate variability: Ecological consequences in semiarid Chile

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1116-1126

  De La Maza, Mariano ^a   Lima, Mauricio ^a   Meserve, Peter L ^b   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^c,d   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Auc ; Climate variability; ENSO; Fray Jorge; Limiting factor; NDVI; Primary production; Rainfall; Semiarid Chile

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LIMITING FACTOR; NDVI; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 64849085410     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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