Response of dominant grass and shrub species to water manipulation: an ecophysiological basis for shrub invasion in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland - Throop, Heather L.; Reichmann, Lara G.; Sala, Osvaldo E.; Archer, Steven R. (Oecologia, 2012)
Keywords: Arid zones; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bouteloua eriopoda; chemistry; Chihuahuan Desert; Climate change; Desert Climate; Deserts; Drought; Droughts; Ecology; Ecophysiology; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Encroachment; Grasses; Grasslands; Growing season; Hydrology/Water Resources; Leaves; Life Sciences; monsoon season; nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Physiological aspects; PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; Physiological ecology - Original research; Physiology; Phytochemistry; Plant Leaves; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Sciences; Plants; Poaceae; Poaceae - physiology; Prosopis; Prosopis - physiology; Prosopis glandulosa; Rain; Rain and rainfall; Root distribution; roots; Shrubs; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil moisture; Soil profiles; soil quality; Soil water; Southwestern States; Southwestern United States; Species Specificity; United States; Water; Woody plants; USA; Mexico, Chihuahuan Desert; United States; Southwestern States; Chihuahuan Desert; Woody encroachment; Drought; Photosynthesis; Precipitation manipulation; Water potential