Effects of artificially imposed shade on a Sonoran Desert ecosystem: microclimate and vegetation.

Agriculture & Biology

• Sonoran Desert 100%
• microclimate 78%
• Ambrosia deltoidea 73%
• shade 63%
• shrubs 61%
• species diversity 55%
• Larrea tridentata 54%
• ecosystems 53%
• vegetation 52%
• coolers 38%
• microhabitats 36%
• leaf area 30%
• biomass 21%
• soil 18%
• leaves 15%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• microclimate 78%
• shrub 65%
• assimilation 63%
• desert 59%
• leaf area 43%
• vegetation 42%
• ecosystem 41%
• shading 41%
• microhabitat 40%
• species diversity 33%
• biomass 21%
• effect 16%
• soil 15%