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Changing precipitation regimes and terrestrial ecosystems : a North American perspective
- Title
- Changing precipitation regimes and terrestrial ecosystems : a North American perspective / Jake F. Weltzin & Guy R. McPherson, editors.
- Publication
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2003], ©2003.
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- Description
- xi, 237 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-219) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / James H. Brown -- 1. Predicting the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation Regimes / Jake F. Weltzin and Guy R. McPherson -- 2. The Interface between Precipitation and Vegetation: The Importance of Soils in Arid and Semiarid Environments / Joseph R. McAuliffe -- 3. Responses of Woody Plants to Heterogeneity of Soil Water in Arid and Semiarid Environments / David G. Williams and Keirith A. Snyder -- 4. The Importance of Precipitation Seasonality in Controlling Vegetation Distribution / Ronald P. Neilson -- 5. Approaches and Techniques of Rainfall Manipulation / M. Keith Owens -- 6. The Influence of Precipitation Timing on the Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem / Tony Svejcar, Jon Bates, Raymond Angell and Richard Miller -- 7. Ecological Consequences of Drought and Grazing on Grasslands of the Northern Great Plains / Rodney K. Heitschmidt and Marshall R. Haferkamp --
- 8. Response of Southwestern Oak Savannas to Potential Future Precipitation Regimes / Jake F. Weltzin and Guy R. McPherson -- 9. Rainfall Timing, Soil Moisture Dynamics, and Plant Responses in a Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem / Phil A. Fay, Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair, Jonathan D. Carlisle, Brett T. Danner and James K. McCarron -- 10. Responses of Eastern Deciduous Forests to Precipitation Change / Paul J. Hanson, Donald E. Todd, Dale W. Johnson, John D. Joslin, Jr. and Elizabeth G. O'Neill -- 11. Assessing Response of Terrestrial Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems to Changes in Precipitation Regimes: Progress to Date and Future Directions / Jake F. Weltzin and Guy R. McPherson.
- ISBN
- 0816522472 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002008738
- OCLC
- ocm50004051
- SCSB-4337206
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- Columbia University Libraries