Variation in monsoon precipitation drives spatial and temporal patterns of Larrea tridentata growth in the Sonoran Desert
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Ryan A. Sponseller*, Sharon J. Hall, David P. Huber, Nancy B. Grimm, Jason P. Kaye, Christopher M. Clark and Scott L. Collins Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA; and Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2012