Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-235

  Ogle, Kiona ^a   Barber, Jarrett J ^b   Barron Gafford, Greg A ^c   Bentley, Lisa Patrick ^d   Young, Jessica M ^e   Huxman, Travis E ^f   Loik, Michael E ^g   Tissue, David T ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antecedent conditions; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Lag effects; Legacy effects; Net primary production; Soil respiration; Stomatal conductance; Time series; Tree growth; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MEMORY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WOODY PLANT;

SOIL;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TREE;

BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOIL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME; TREES;

EID: 84922576994     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12399     Document Type: Article

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