Differential sensitivities of grassland structural components to changes in precipitation mediate productivity response in a desert ecosystem
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components to changes in precipitation mediate productivity response in a desert ecosystem Lara G. Reichmann* and Osvaldo E. Sala USDA-ARS Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, 808 E. Blackland Rd., Temple, Texas, 76502 USA; Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C0930 Austin, Texas, USA; School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501 USA; and Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0003 USA
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