A multiscale, hierarchical model of pulse dynamics in arid-land ecosystems

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 397-419

  Collins, S L ^a   Belnap, J ^b   Grimm, N B ^c   Rudgers, J A ^a   Dahm, C N ^a   D'Odorico, P ^d   Litvak, M ^a   Natvig, D O ^a   Peters, D C ^e   Pockman, W T ^a   Sinsabaugh, R L ^a   Wolf, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

microbial processes; pulse reserve paradigm; species interactions; state transitions

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GROWING SEASON; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

EID: 84913592543     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091650     Document Type: Article

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