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

Agriculture & Biology

• deserts 100%
• plant response 91%
• soil water 88%
• rain 81%
• arid lands 32%
• soil water recharge 27%
• Mojave Desert 22%
• plant growth 21%
• Chihuahuan Desert 21%
• Sonoran Desert 21%
• water utilization 19%
• primary productivity 17%
• nutrient availability 15%
• simulation models 15%
• arid zones 15%
• soil types 14%
• water uptake 13%
• seasonal variation 12%
• climate change 12%
• water 12%
• vegetation 11%
• ecology 11%
• winter 9%
• summer 9%
• carbon 9%
• energy 8%
• soil 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• desert 87%
• soil water 84%
• North America 81%
• soil moisture 57%
• rainfall 43%
• arid land 30%
• recharge 20%
• growth response 14%
• water uptake 13%
• nutrient availability 13%
• heuristics 11%
• coexistence 11%
• soil layer 11%
• water use 10%
• primary production 10%
• soil type 10%
• simulation 10%
• ecology 9%
• forecasting 9%
• rain 9%
• moisture 8%
• winter 7%
• water 7%
• vegetation 7%
• climate change 6%
• summer 6%
• carbon 6%
• energy 5%
• effect 2%