Rapid plant community responses during the summer monsoon to nighttime warming in a northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-617

  Collins, Scott L ^a   Fargione, Joseph E ^a   Crenshaw, Chelsea L ^a   Nonaka, Etsuko ^a   Elliott, James R ^a   Xia, Yang ^a   Pockman, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua eriopoda; Bouteloua gracilis; Desert grassland; Nighttime warming; Nitrogen deposition; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EL NINO; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE;

EID: 76849108963     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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