Effects of experimental rainfall manipulations on Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1117-1127

  Báez, Selene ^a,b   Collins, Scott L ^c   Pockman, William T ^c   Johnson, Jennifer E ^c   Small, Eric E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Northern Andean Ecoregion ^*  (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua eriopoda; Climate change; Drought; Forbs; Larrea tridentata; Plant community structure; Species richness; Water addition

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; ECOTONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; POACEAE;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LARREA; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LARREA; NEW MEXICO; POACEAE; RAIN;

EID: 84880835761     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2552-0     Document Type: Article

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