Ecohydrological niche of sagebrush ecosystems

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-466

  Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Bradford, John B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Big sagebrush; Hydrological processes; Semiarid ecosystem; Snow accumulation; Snow melt; Soil moisture; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BIG SAGEBRUSH; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW MELT; WATER CYCLE;

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; PHENOLS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NICHE; PHENOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84859436063     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.238     Document Type: Article

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