Spatial and temporal variability of plant-available water in calcium carbonate-cemented soils and consequences for arid ecosystem resilience

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-226

  Duniway, Michael Cohrs ^a   Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Monger, H Curtis ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcic; Chihuahuan Desert; Climate change; Desert grassland; Petrocalcic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER RETENTION; WET SEASON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; SOIL; WATER;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 77951022205     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1530-7     Document Type: Article

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