Competition between three Chihuahuan desert species: Evidence from plant size-distance relations and root distribution

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 453-460

  Briones, Oscar ^a,b   Montaña, Carlos ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hilaria mutica; Larrea tridentata; Opuntia rastrera; Plant interaction; Root system; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

HILARIA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA RASTRERA; PLEURAPHIS MUTICA; TRIDENTATA; CACTACEAE; HILARIA MUTICA; POACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

COMPETITION; PLANT SIZE-DISTANCE RELATION; ROOT DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; USA, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0029660490     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236289     Document Type: Article

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