Decomposition of leaf and root litter of Chihuahuan desert shrubs: effects of three years of summer drought

By P. Kemp, J. Reynolds, R. Virginia, W. Whitford. 2003

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Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. (2008, unknown): “Traits of litter quality vary from highly decomposable, in short-lived species with high nutrient content, to mostly poor, in longer-lived species with woody and leathery tissue, high C : N ratios and ⁄ or high wax content (Kemp et al. 2003).”
Modifying the ‘pulse–reserve’ paradigm for deserts of North America: precipitation pulses, soil water, and plant responses (2004, methodology): “…is a physiology-based ecosystem model that simulates onedimensional fluxes of carbon (C), water, and nitrogen (N) in a representative patch of desert vegetation of approximately 1–10 m2 (Chen and Reynolds 1997; Gao and Reynolds 2003; Kemp et al. 1997, 2003; Reynolds et al. 1997, 2000b).”