Precipitation magnitude and timing differentially affect species richness and plant density in the sotol grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-197

  Robertson, Traesha R ^a   Zak, John C ^a   Tissue, David T ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Grasslands; Plant density; Plant species richness; Seasonal precipitation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

DASYLIRION;

EID: 77949672997     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1449-z     Document Type: Article

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