Spatial versus temporal variation in precipitation in a semiarid ecosystem

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 913-925

  Augustine, David J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Grassland birds; Migration; Rainfall; Shortgrass steppe; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatiotemporal mosaic

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; FAUNISTICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWING SEASON; HETEROGENEITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE; THUNDERSTORM;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BISON;

EID: 77953494814     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9469-y     Document Type: Article

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