Seasonal Reversals of Upland-Riparian Diversity Gradients in the Sonoran Desert

Flood disturbance and water resource availability vary sharply over time and space along arid-region rivers and can interact in complex fashion to shape diversity patterns. Plant diversity showed spatial patterning along a topogradient from the floodplain of the San Pedro River (Arizona, USA) to the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diversity and Distributions. - Wiley. - 13(2007), 1, Seite 70-83
1. Verfasser: Stromberg, J. C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Diversity and Distributions
Schlagworte:Competitive Exclusion Diversity Flood Disturbance Floodplain Functional Type Season Plant Sonoran Desert River Temporal Heterogeneity mehr... Terrace Vegetation Physical sciences Biological sciences Environmental studies