Impacts of Soil Climate on Desert Scrubs Distribution in the Mojave Desert

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-89

  Bai, Yanying ^a,b   Scott, Thomas A ^b   Min, Qingwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aridity index; climate change; elevation; soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; ELEVATION; EVAPORATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCRUB; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA DUMOSA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; YUCCA;

EID: 84873197922     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2012.719572     Document Type: Article

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