Plant phenology as affected by land degradation in the arid Patagonian Monte, Argentina: A multivariate approach

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  Bisigato, A J ^a,b   Campanella, M V ^a   Pazos, G E ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Global change; Grazing; Growing season; Plant cover; Plant size

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BROWSING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DORMANCY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH CURVE; LAND DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERGRAZING; PHENOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARGENTINA; MONTE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84872742115     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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