The NOAA IR serves as an archival repository of NOAA-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by NOAA or funded partners.
As a repository, the NOAA IR retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i
Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands
-
2017
-
-
Source: Journal of Ecology, 106(1), 242-253
[PDF-1007.81 KB]
Details:
-
Journal Title:Journal of Ecology
-
Personal Author:
-
NOAA Program & Office:
-
Description:1. Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These “fertile islands” are major drivers of dryland ecosystem structure and functioning, yet we lack an integrated under- standing of the factors controlling their magnitude and variability at the global scale. 2. We conducted a standardized field survey across 236 drylands from five continents. At each site, we measured the composition, diversity and cover of perennial plants.
-
Keywords:
-
Source:Journal of Ecology, 106(1), 242-253
-
DOI:
-
ISSN:0022-0477;1365-2745;
-
Format:
-
Publisher:
-
Document Type:
-
Rights Information:Other
-
Compliance:Library
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
