Ecosystem responses to changes in plant functional type composition: An example from the Patagonian steppe

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• ecosystem response 100%
• steppe 83%
• shrub 73%
• grazing 56%
• grass 55%
• primary production 45%
• biomass 39%
• transpiration 34%
• albedo 30%
• water budget 29%
• roughness 28%
• soil water 26%
• ecosystem 18%
• soil cover 18%
• bare soil 17%
• evaporation 12%
• drainage 11%
• atmosphere 9%
• energy 7%
• material 6%
• effect 3%

Agriculture & Biology

• steppes 91%
• shrubs 69%
• grazing intensity 62%
• ecosystems 60%
• primary productivity 57%
• grasses 47%
• soil water balance 45%
• herbivores 41%
• biomass 39%
• roughness 39%
• transpiration 29%
• energy transfer 19%
• statistical models 18%
• ecological function 18%
• drainage 16%
• evaporation 16%
• Argentina 14%
• grazing 13%
• soil 8%