Grazing-induced losses of biodiversity affect the transpiration of an arid ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 501-510

  Verón, Santiago R ^a,b   Paruelo, J M ^a   Oesterheld, Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grazing; Order of extinction; Transpiration; Variability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRAZING; OVERGRAZING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; TRANSPIRATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 78651448664     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1780-4     Document Type: Article

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