Modifying the 'pulse-reserve' paradigm for deserts of North America: Precipitation pulses, soil water, and plant responses

Agriculture & Biology

• deserts 87%
• plant response 80%
• soil water 78%
• rain 72%
• arid lands 28%
• soil water recharge 24%
• Mojave Desert 19%
• plant growth 18%
• Chihuahuan Desert 18%
• Sonoran Desert 18%
• water utilization 17%
• primary productivity 15%
• nutrient availability 13%
• simulation models 13%
• arid zones 13%
• soil types 13%
• water uptake 11%
• seasonal variation 11%
• climate change 11%
• water 10%
• vegetation 9%
• ecology 9%
• winter 8%
• summer 8%
• carbon 8%
• energy 7%
• soil 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• desert 76%
• soil water 74%
• North America 71%
• soil moisture 50%
• rainfall 38%
• arid land 26%
• recharge 18%
• growth response 12%
• water uptake 11%
• nutrient availability 11%
• heuristics 10%
• coexistence 10%
• soil layer 9%
• water use 9%
• primary production 9%
• soil type 9%
• simulation 8%
• ecology 7%
• forecasting 7%
• rain 7%
• moisture 7%
• winter 6%
• water 6%
• vegetation 6%
• climate change 5%
• summer 5%
• carbon 5%
• energy 5%
• effect 2%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Soil 100%
• North America 98%
• Water 61%
• Growth 28%
• Rain 12%
• Climate Change 12%
• Psychological Generalization 12%
• Heuristics 11%
• Ecology 11%
• Carbon 9%
• Nutrients 7%