Above and below ground biomass patterns in arid lands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1411-1418

  Ursino, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arid land; Ecohydrology; Mathematical model; Root architecture; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS; ARID LAND; ARID ZONES; BIOMASS GROWTH RATES; EARLY WARNINGS; ECOHYDROLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GROUND BIOMASS; MASS PATTERNS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PLANT ECOLOGIES; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT DENSITIES; SIMPLE MODELS; UNDER WATERS; VEGETATION PATTERNS; VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ECOHYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 64949124496     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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